Basal Cell Carcinoma Fast Five Quiz: How Familiar Are You With Identification and Treatment?

Shabir Bhimji, MD, PhD

July 02, 2014

Following is a list of treatments for primary BCC and their 5-year recurrence rates:

Surgical excision: 10.1%
Radiation therapy: 8.7%
Curettage and electrodesiccation: 7.7%
Cryotherapy: 7.5%
All non-Mohs modalities: 8.7%
Mohs micrographic surgery: 1%

These rates are probably affected by the fact that most clinicians use cryotherapy, curettage, and desiccation mostly on smaller and better-demarcated lesions.

For more on the recurrence of BCC, read here.

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