Variance of Basal Cell Carcinoma Subtype Reporting by Practice Setting

Deborah J Moon; Shauna Higgins; Shera Feinstein; Omeed Ahadiat; Adam Sutton; Ashley Wysong

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0066

Variance of Basal Cell Carcinoma Subtype Reporting by Practice Setting

JAMA Dermatol. 2019 Jul 1;155(7):854-856. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0066.

Authors

Deborah J Moon¹, Shauna Higgins^{2

3}, Shera Feinstein², Omeed Ahadiat², Adam Sutton³, Ashley Wysong^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Medical Student, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles).
² Department of Dermatology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

Abstract

This study compares the reporting of histologic subtype by the type of institution that performed the initial biopsy of histologically confirmed basal cell carcinomas.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Biopsy
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / pathology*
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / surgery
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mohs Surgery*
Retrospective Studies
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
Skin Neoplasms / surgery