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Abstract
Treatment of 104 skin cancers (75 basal cell carcinomas and 29 squamous cell carcinomas) by curettage and desiccation resulted in a 96 per cent five-year cure rate. Similar cure rates have been reported by other investigators. Cure rates less than 95 per cent may be attributable to insufficient skill or to the type of technique. Best results are associated with carrying out both the curettage and the desiccation twice for each lesion.Entities:
Keywords: CURETTAGE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; NEOPLASM THERAPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS
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Year: 1965 PMID: 14347972 PMCID: PMC1515961
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Calif Med ISSN: 0008-1264