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ReviewDermatologic clinics2012

Needs assessment for Mohs micrographic surgery.

Maryam M Asgari, Jonathan M Olson, Murad Alam

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In one paragraph

Review in Dermatologic clinics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02750033 (Intraoperative Margin Assessment During Mohs Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02750033 withdrawnnot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Intraoperative Margin Assessment During Mohs Surgery

TypeobservationalSponsorSeton Healthcare FamilyRan2016 to 2017Enrolled0ConditionsSquamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC), Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)ArmsMultimodal Spectroscopy (MMS)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mohs micrographic surgery for the treatment of invasive melanoma: A systematic review with meta-analyses.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2025
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  9. 3D bioprinting-a model for skin aging.Regenerative biomaterials · 2023
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  15. Management of high-risk and advanced basal cell carcinoma.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maryam M AsgariDivision of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA 94612, USA. maryam.m.asgari@kp.org
Jonathan M Olson
Murad Alam
Kaiser Permanente · USNorthwestern University · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

NSAID use in Chemoprevention of Squamous Cell CarcinomasK23AR051037 · NIAMS · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI ASGARI, MARYAM MANDANA · 2005 to 2009
$659k
NIAMS NIH HHS K23 AR051037
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is a unique technique that can offer the highest cure rates and maximum tissue conservation in the management of specific primary and recurrent skin cancers. However, there are many areas of controversy that surround MMS, including appropriate indications for its use, technical quandaries, and outcomes. Recent efforts in these areas need to be assessed to identify research gaps in MMS to help fuel further work. The usefulness of MMS and its methods for delivery need more stringent, evidence-based, rigorous study.

Indexed as

DermatologyHealth Services Needs and DemandMohs SurgeryNeeds AssessmentHumansSkin NeoplasmsUnited States

Identifiers

PMID22117877
PMCPMC3225895
OpenAlexW2100918911

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