{"title":"Mohs micrographic surgery.","authors":"M. Serin","doi":"10.5772/INTECHOPEN.70285","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is used to obtain clear margins in skin cancer treat- ment. MMS involves staged excisions and complete margin assessment of the specimen from fresh tissue frozen sectioning. It has been shown to achieve higher cure rates with malignancies, including basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), lentigo maligna, melanoma in situ and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. This technique is especially useful in face, feet and hand regions to avoid cosmetic deformities.","PeriodicalId":79832,"journal":{"name":"Clinical privilege white paper","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Clinical privilege white paper","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.70285","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is used to obtain clear margins in skin cancer treat- ment. MMS involves staged excisions and complete margin assessment of the specimen from fresh tissue frozen sectioning. It has been shown to achieve higher cure rates with malignancies, including basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), lentigo maligna, melanoma in situ and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. This technique is especially useful in face, feet and hand regions to avoid cosmetic deformities.