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ArticleCancers2024

Factors Influencing Margin Clearance and the Number of Stages of Mohs Micrographic Surgery in Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Retrospective Chart Review.

Vijaya T Daniel, Vincent Azzolino, Maria Abraham, Nicholas Leonard, Kaitlin Blankenship, Karan Lal, Julie Flahive, Regina Brown, Elizabeth Tkachenko, Shereen Teymour and 2 more

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Vijaya T DanielDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Vincent AzzolinoDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3186-4760
Maria AbrahamDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 20742, USA.
Nicholas LeonardDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Kaitlin BlankenshipDermatology & Skin Cancer Surgery Center, Denton, TX 76210, USA.
Karan LalAffiliated Dermatology, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, USA.
Julie FlahiveDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2786-7144
Regina BrownDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Elizabeth TkachenkoYale Department of Dermatology, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Shereen TeymourPalisades Medical Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07601, USA.
Abdel Kader El TalDermatology Associates, Perrysburg, OH 43551, USA.
Bassel H MahmoudDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3854-2070

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Abstract

How patient and tumor factors influence clearance margins and the number of Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS) stages when treating basal cell carcinoma (BCC) remains widely uncharacterized. It is important to elucidate these relationships, as surgical outcomes may be compared nationally between colleagues. Our objective is to evaluate the relationships between defect size and patient demographics, as well as between BCC subtypes and the number of MMS stages. Our second objective is to compare practice patterns and characteristics of patients requiring MMS at academic centers and private practices. A retrospective chart review was performed using data collected at academic centers (2015-2018) and private practices (2011-2018) of BCC patients older than 18 years old who underwent MMS. In total, 7651 patients with BCC requiring MMS were identified. Academic center adjusted analyses demonstrated clearance margins 0.1 mm higher for every year's increase in age (

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basal cell carcinomaepidemiologyhealth services researchMohsoutcomessurgery

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