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A Follow-Up Study

ERVIN EPSTEIN, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1958;77(6):676-681.

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Fearing that personal enthusiasm for the application of planing to precancerous skin¹ might color my judgment of the results obtained, I sent a questionnaire on the subject to 120 dermatologists who were known to employ planing in their practices. The response was gratifying, 103 replies being received in a very short time. However, it was soon obvious that my enthusiasm was not shared by all. Approximately 55% of the correspondents denied using surgical abrasion as a treatment or prophylaxis for malignant or premalignant cutaneous degeneration. A number seemed to be proud of this fact. The free use of capital letters, underlined words, and exclamation points made it reasonably clear that they viewed this approach with a jaundiced eye.

A few were more explicit. For instance a dermatologist from Toledo, Ohio, remarked, "I believe that there is no place for planing in the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Oakland, Calif.

From the Department of Dermatology, Highland-Alameda County Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct. 5, 1957.

Read before American Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology as part of a Symposium on Surgical, Physical, and Radiation Therapy, Chicago, Dec. 10, 1957.

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