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Had a shaved biopsy, removed a small cutaneous horn, on cheek came back squamous cell carcinoma, it is completely all heal up, you can not even tell where it was they want to do mohs surgery, is that necessary, i read the removal of the item was all ?
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MOHS: Mohs is one of those procedures that are vary worhtwhile and supported by various world wide literature. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190962205009369?via%3Dihub This is link to Aurstralian study reviewing 10 years of data. Should be done.
Answered 8/28/2019
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