Dental treatment of patient with basal cell carcinoma in lower lip: accompanying, planning, and prognosis

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a malignant tumor related to chronic exposure to ultraviolet or ionizing radiation, affecting basal layer skin cells. It affects mainly white people, above 40 years old, in the head and neck region. Therapies include surgical excision, Mohs surgery, and ablation laser therapy. An 85-year-old white male patient, a former smoker and chronic alcoholic, was diagnosed with BCC in vermilion of the lower lip (2017) and in follow-up after surgical excision. He developed prostate cancer (1998) and left parotid gland (2012), treated surgically.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: 20190902 Source Type: research