Curettage prior to Mohs' micrographic surgery for previously biopsied nonmelanoma skin cancers: What are we curetting? Retrospective, prospective, and comparative study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-15

  Jih, Ming H ^a   Friedman, Paul M ^a   Goldberg, Leonard H ^a   Kimyai Asadi, Arash ^a  

^a DERMSURGERY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 11844263874     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200501000-00002     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Shriner DL, McCoy DK, Goldberg DJ, Wagner RF Jr. Mohs micrographic surgery. J Am Acad Dermatol 1998;39:79-97.
2. Barlow JO, Zalla M, Kyle A, et al. Curettage for basal cell carcinomas. Presented at the ASDS-ACMMSCO Combined Annual Meeting; 2003 Oct 9-12; New Orleans, LA.
3. Suhge d'Aubermont PC, Bennett RG. Failure of curettage and electrodesiccation for removal of basal cell carcinoma. Arch Dermatol 1984;120:1456-60.
4. Torres A, Seeburger J, Robison D, Glogau R. The reliability of a second biopsy for determining residual tumor. J Am Acad Dermatol 1992;27:70-3.
5. Chiller K, Passaro D, McCalmont T, Vin-Christian K. Efficacy of curettage before excision in clearing surgical margins of nonmelanoma skin cancer. Arch Dermatol 2000;36:1327-32.
6. Ratner D, Bagiella E. The efficacy of curettage in delineating margins of basal cell carcinoma before Mohs micrographic surgery. Dermatol Surg 2003;29:899-903.
7. Swetter SM, Boldrick JC, Pierre P, et al. Effects of biopsy-induced wound healing on residual basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas: rate of tumor regression in excisional specimens. J Cutan Pathol 2003;30:139-46.
8. Arpey CJ. Is curettage useful prior to performing Mohs or excisional surgery? When and how do you use it? Dermatol Surg 2000;26:165.
9. Miller SJ. Commentary. Dermatol Surg 2000;26:165-6.