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Cell Population Analyses During Skin Carcinogenesis
Published on: August 21, 2013
Relapses and recurrences of basal cell face carcinomas
Juliana Polizel Ocanha1, Juliana Tedesco Dias, Hélio Amante Miot
1Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy of the Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu from the State University of São Paulo (UNESP) – Botucatu (SP), Brazil.
Abstract:
To evaluate factors related to oncological follow-up of basal cell face carcinomas it was carried out the analysis of a series of cases. Four hundred sixty-five patients with 834 basal cell face carcinomas were evaluated; 3,1% presented recurrences. There was 14.7% of recurrence in incompletely excised tumors against 2.3% of the tumors with clear margins. Recurrences were more prevalent on the nose. Relapse rates showed a cumulative risk. These findings reinforce the importance of oncological follow-up after surgery of basal cell carcinoma.
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