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Surgical Margin of Excision in Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of Literature.
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 107 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Margins in head and neck non-melanoma skin cancer surgery: clinical/pathological criteria and their impact on oncological outcomes and therapeutic choices. A systematic review.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2025Pooled it
- Personalized digital pipeline for basal cell carcinoma delineation using hyperspectral imaging.Biomedical optics express · 2026Article
- Factors associated with incomplete surgical excision of non-melanoma skin cancers: a single-center retrospective cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Cold Atmospheric Plasma-Activated Decellularized Extracellular Matrix Gel as a Tumor-Infiltrating Immunoactivation Platform for Post-Surgical Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Pre-clinical Safety Study of Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) Produced by an Inbuilt CAP Device and ROS Mediated Apoptotic Activity in Human Skin Melanoma Cells.Current pharmaceutical design · 2026Article
- Recent Advances in Novel Drug Delivery Systems for the Management of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Dermatologic Screening: Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Basal Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Seborrheic Keratosis and Actinic Keratosis.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A Narrative Review of Current Practices, Emerging Trends, and Case-Based Insights.Advances in therapy · 2025Review
- High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound in Dermatology: A Review with Emphasis on Skin Cancer Management and Prevention.Cancers · 2025Review
- The Epidemiological and Histopathological Profiling of Basal Cell Carcinoma: Insights from a 4-Year Institutional Cohort in a Romanian Clinical County Hospital.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Advances in Second Near-Infrared Window Photothermal Agents and Photothermal Therapy for Tumors in Interdisciplinary Medical Research.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Diagnostic Challenges and Influencing Factors in Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers: A Retrospective Analysis of Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cases.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
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- Histopathological Subtypes of Cutaneous Melanoma: Prognostic and Molecular Implications.Cureus · 2025Review
- Basal Cell Carcinoma: An Old Friend with Multiple Faces.Cancers · 2025Review
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- Development of Thermoresponsive Composite Hydrogel Loaded with Indocyanine Green and Camptothecin for Photochemotherapy of Skin Cancer After Surgery.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Minimizing Surgical Margins in Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Single Institution's Experience with Excision and Reconstruction Methods.Archives of plastic surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world and consists of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are the most common non-melanoma skin cancers. The ideal surgical treatment for BCC is complete removal, and it can be achieved either with safety margins or with micrographic control. The currently accepted treatment for basal cell carcinoma is an elliptical excision with a 4-mm surgical margin of clinically normal skin. However, because of cosmetic and functional constraints on the face, a 4-mm surgical margin is often not feasible. We used PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), and Google scholar as our main databases to search for the relevant published studies and used "Basal cell carcinoma" and "narrow excision margins" as Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) keywords. Fifteen studies were finalized for the review, which included 3843 lesions. The size of the lesions ranged from 3 to 30 mm, with a mean size of 11.7 mm. Surgical margins varied from 1 to 5 mm. This review was done to evaluate if small, well-defined primary BCCs can be excised using narrow surgical margins. Based on the reviewed literature, we found that for primary well-demarcated BCCs smaller than 2 cm, in the low-risk group, a safety margin of 3 mm gives satisfactory results. In the high-risk group, and for lesions larger than 2 cm, a 4-6 mm margin is suggested for getting clear margins. Mohs micrographic surgery is advocated for more complex and recurrent lesions where the clinical margin is not apparent. However, micrographic surgery is not readily available in many places and requires more training and experience. Therefore, excision with 2 mm margins for clinically well-defined lesions with close follow-up can be followed to preserve the healthy tissue in anatomic constraint lesions and avoid the need for complex reconstructive procedures.
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