Wide local excision, Mohs remain primary treatment options for positive tumor margins
Source: Healio, November 2024
Key takeaways:
- Positive margins are infrequent following standard excision, but when they do occur it is mostly in the upper extremities.
- In 59.1% of cases, wide local excision was the most commonly chosen treatment option.
ORLANDO — A speaker at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meeting discussed the treatment options for positive margins after standard excision of cutaneous melanoma.
“I think everyone knows that the standardized treatment for primary cutaneous melanoma is surgical excision,” Jennifer L. Strunck, MD, a third-year dermatology resident at Oregon Health & Science University, said during her presentation. “But what we do for positive margins is much less characterized.”