Medical Student Decision-Making: Standard Surgical Excision or Mohs Micrographic Surgery to Manage Basal Cell Carcinoma.

Conclusions: This study represents an initial step toward understanding factors that influence patients' treatment decision-making in a situation in which there is no medically preferred treatment option. The findings point to the importance of time, cost, and cosmetics as influential factors for patients choosing between different treatment options. PMID: 29309088 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29309088?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of the American Osteopathic Association - January 10, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: J Am Osteopath Assoc Source Type: research