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Tumors of the Eyelids and Their Treatment by Radiotherapy
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In planning management, the threat to life is the primary issue to be faced with the best treatment aimed at cure or longterm control having priority, and disfigurement caused by tumors around the eye forms the secondary priority.Abstract:
To most of us sight is the most precious of the senses. Tumors of the eye and orbit can be life threatening, cause blindness and be disfiguring. In planning management, the threat to life is the primary issue to be faced with the best treatment aimed at cure or longterm control having priority. Fortunately we have two eyes and the loss of vision in one does not prevent a person from living a normal life. Disfigurement caused by tumors around the eye is more serious than in any other part of the body, and this, together with preservation, forms the secondary priority. Radiotherapy can produce a high cure rate with good cosme sis and preservation of vision but is in danger of becoming a lost medical art (Fitzpatrick 1995, Schlienger et al. 1996).read more
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Prognostic factors for local recurrence, metastasis, and survival rates in squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, ear, and lip : implications for treatment modality selection
TL;DR: All studies since 1940 on the prognosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and lip are reviewed, finding local recurrences occur less frequently when SCC is treated by Mohs micrographic surgery.
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Long‐Term Recurrence Rates in Previously Untreated (Primary) Basal Cell Carcinoma: Implications for Patient Follow‐Up
TL;DR: The reporting of recurrence rate data for basal cell carcinoma should be standardized using 5-year life table analysis, and even more important is the conclusion that lifetime follow-up is necessary after treatment of primary basalcell carcinoma in order both recurrences and new primaries.
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Interventions for non-metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: systematic review and pooled analysis of observational studies
Louise Lansbury,Fiona Bath-Hextall,Fiona Bath-Hextall,William Perkins,Wendy Stanton,Jo Leonardi-Bee +5 more
TL;DR: Assessment of the effects of treatments for non-metastatic invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the skin using evidence from observational studies to improve the evidence base for this common cancer and to optimise clinical management found many observational studies have looked at different treatment modalities for SCC.
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Recurrence rates of treated basal cell carcinomas. Part 3: Surgical excision.
TL;DR: Surgical excision is a highly effective method for removal of BCCs, and achieved a good to excellent cosmetic outcome in about 85% of the recurrence-free treatment sites.
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Basal cell carcinoma of the eyelid and periocular skin
Curtis E. Margo,Kevin Waltz +1 more
TL;DR: Since prevention is preferable to treatment, the public needs to be informed that the incidence of periocular skin cancers can be reduced with the longterm use of sunscreens, sunglasses, and hats with brims.
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