Retrospective audit of patients referred for further treatment following Mohs surgery for non‐melanoma skin cancer

• Published in: Australasian journal of dermatology Vol. 59; no. 4; pp. 302 - 308
• Main Authors: Wee, Edmund, Goh, Michelle S, Estall, Vanessa, Tiong, Albert, Webb, Angela, Mitchell, Catherine, Murray, William, Tran, Phillip, McCormack, Christopher J, Henderson, Michael, Hiscutt, Emma L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Basal cell carcinoma; Carcinoma, Basal Cell - pathology; Carcinoma, Basal Cell - radiotherapy; Carcinoma, Basal Cell - surgery; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - radiotherapy; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Discordance; Documentation; Female; Head and neck; Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery; Humans; laboratory discrepancy; Leukemia; Male; Management; Margins of Excision; Medical Audit; Melanoma; Middle Aged; Mohs micrographic surgery; Mohs Surgery; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - therapy; Neoplasm, Residual; non‐melanoma skin cancer; Paraffin; Pathology; Patients; Photography; Quality assurance; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; Referral and Consultation; Reoperation; Retreatment; Retrospective Studies; Skin cancer; Skin Neoplasms - pathology; Skin Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Skin Neoplasms - surgery; Squamous cell carcinoma; Surgery; Treatment Outcome; Mohs micrographic surgery; basal cell carcinoma; non-melanoma skin cancer; laboratory discrepancy; squamous cell carcinoma

Background/Objectives To describe the characteristics, subsequent management and outcomes of patients referred for further management following Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Methods Retrospective analysis of patients referred to a q...