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ROGER LAUBENHEIMER, M.D.; ARTHUR C. CURTIS, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;74(6):659-662.

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In a large general hospital the treatment of advanced skin carcinomas is usually handled by the surgical and/or radiological departments. Frequently, in such cases, the surgeon is reluctant to operate because previous operations may have failed to cure the patient or the extent and uncertain definition of the neoplasm may make surgery inadvisable. The radiologist is often in a difficult position because the limit of radiation has usually already been reached, precluding further use of x-ray or radium. The location of the neoplasm and its illdefined margin may further hamper the radiologist. Under such circumstances these unfortunate patients sometimes remain untreated and sometimes are subjected to heroic surgery. Chemosurgery offers a form of treatment that is neither heroic nor inadequate for such cases.

Chemosurgery is a term coined by Mohs for his technique of the microscopically controlled removal of a cutaneous neoplasm. The procedure . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Milwaukee; Ann Arbor, Mich.

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, University of Michigan Medical School.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 26, 1956.

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