Mohs Micrographic Surgery

This completely updated textbook provides a key resource for those embarking upon a career in Mohs surgery and is designed to support those readers taking their Boards in this dermatologic subspecialty. The incidence of skin cancer is 3.5 million per year and accounts for more than 50% of all cancers combined, the majority of which are basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. Mohs surgery has become the treatment of choice for certain of these carcinomas and other cutaneous tumors, and benefits from a high cure rate and low recurrence rate.Physicians in all of the major disciplines of medicine will encounter patients with cutaneous cancers who have undergone Mohs surgery or may need it in the future. Mohs Micrographic Surgery has been written as a foundation to provide readers with the fundamentals of Mohs surgery. Each chapter is easy to read, with carefully designed learning objectives and summary boxes of all the major points. The chapters are written by world-renowned physicians in their respective specialties and as such provides a vital learning tool for all training to be a Mohs surgeon.