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Mohs Has a Place in Melanoma Treatment
Mohs Has a Place in Melanoma Treatment
D Brunk
20100105
2010 Feb 5
Elsevier Global Medical News
Mohs Has a Place in Melanoma Treatment
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Feb 5, D Brunk
SAN DIEGO (EGMN) - Mohs surgery has a place in the treatment of melanoma in situ and invasive melanoma, "but in my practice it doesn't have a place every day," Dr. Michael H. Swann said at a melanoma update sponsored by the Scripps Clinic.Dr. Swann, who performs Mohs surgery in a Springfield, Mo.-based dermatology practice 4-5 days per week, said that one of the main benefits of the technique for melanoma is that the recurrence rates are favorable to matched paraffin controls, a finding reported...