Biopsy can underestimate diversity, aggressiveness of basal cell carcinomas

SAN DIEGO – Histology of basal cell carcinomas removed by Mohs micrographic surgery showed that presurgical biopsies had not revealed all tumor subtypes in 64% of cases, and had underestimated the aggressiveness of the tumors 24% of the time, according to data from a large, multicenter,...
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