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  2. Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Preventive measures against cSCC include minimizing exposure to ultraviolet radiation and the use of sunscreen. [5] [6] Surgical removal is the typical treatment method, [2] employing simple excision for minor cases or Mohs surgery for more extensive instances. [2] Other options include cryotherapy and radiation therapy. [7]

  3. Mohs surgery - Wikipedia

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    Mohs surgery is the gold standard method for obtaining complete margin control during removal of a skin cancer (complete circumferential peripheral and deep margin assessment - CCPDMA) using frozen section histology. [1] CCPDMA or Mohs surgery allows for the removal of a skin cancer with very narrow surgical margin and a high cure rate.

  4. Skin cancer - Wikipedia

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    Mohs' micrographic surgery (Mohs surgery) is a technique used to remove the cancer with the least amount of surrounding tissue and the edges are checked immediately to see if tumor is found. This provides the opportunity to remove the least amount of tissue and provide the best cosmetically favorable results.

  5. Radiosurgery - Wikipedia

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    Radiosurgery is surgery using radiation, [1] that is, the destruction of precisely selected areas of tissue using ionizing radiation rather than excision with a blade. Like other forms of radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy), it is usually used to treat cancer.

  6. Complete circumferential peripheral and deep margin ...

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    Comparing Mohs Surgery Method to smashing an aluminum pie pan How a Mohs Section is flattened with relaxing incisions False negative in standard bread loafing histology: If the pathologist looks only at the margin of the three narrow slices, the many cancerous cells on the discarded margins will be missed.

  7. Zygomatic bone - Wikipedia

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    In the human skull, the zygomatic bone (from Ancient Greek: ζῠγόν, romanized: zugón, lit. 'yoke'), also called cheekbone or malar bone , is a paired irregular bone , situated at the upper and lateral part of the face and forming part of the lateral wall and floor of the orbit , of the temporal fossa and the infratemporal fossa .

  8. Cancer treatment - Wikipedia

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    Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]

  9. Zygomatic arch - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, the zygomatic arch, or cheek bone, is a part of the skull formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone (a bone extending forward from the side of the skull, over the opening of the ear) and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone (the side of the cheekbone), the two being united by an oblique suture (the zygomaticotemporal suture); [1] the tendon of the temporal muscle ...