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ReviewCurrent treatment options in oncology2017

Sebaceous Carcinoma: A Review of the Scientific Literature.

Thomas Knackstedt, Faramarz H Samie

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Review in Current treatment options in oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Advancing Cancer Research: Current Knowledge on Cutaneous Neoplasia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  17. Sebaceous Neoplasms.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas KnackstedtDepartment of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Mail Code A61, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. Thomas.j.knackstedt@gmail.com.
Faramarz H SamieDepartment of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Cleveland Clinic · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementSebaceous carcinoma is a rare and potentially aggressive cutaneous malignancy. Commonly reported in the periocular area and the head and neck region, sebaceous carcinoma can arise from any sebaceous gland in the skin. The clinical presentation may be nonspecific, and a biopsy is important to establish a diagnosis and to differentiate from mimickers including benign sebaceous neoplasms, other adnexal tumors, and basal cell carcinoma. A diagnosis of Muir Torre syndrome should be considered in patients presenting with a sebaceous neoplasm. Early treatment is important given the potential of sebaceous carcinoma to spread to the regional lymph nodes and beyond. Sentinel lymph node biopsy and imaging to complete tumor staging may be indicated for larger or more aggressive tumors. Surgery, including Mohs micrographic surgery, remains the primary treatment modality for sebaceous carcinoma. Mohs micrographic surgery has the advantage of complete margin evaluation and low recurrence rates. Advanced cases may be treated with orbital exenteration, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or combination therapy.

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BiopsyCombined Modality TherapyHumansMultimodal ImagingNeoplasm StagingNeoplastic Syndromes, HereditaryOrgan TransplantationPrognosisRecurrenceSebaceous Gland NeoplasmsSentinel Lymph Node BiopsyTransplant RecipientsTreatment OutcomeExtraocular sebaceous carcinomaEyelid tumorsNonmelanoma skin cancerPeriocular cancersSebaceous carcinoma

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PMID28681210
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