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A Microscopically Controlled Method of Excision

FREDERIC E. MOHS, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1948;39(1):43-59.

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SELECTIVE destruction of accessible forms of cancer is attained, in effect, with the microscopic control of excision afforded by the chemosurgical technic. The development of the chemosurgical method in the laboratory¹ and in the clinic² has been described, as has the use ofthe method in the treatment of cancer in specific sites, such as the lip,³ nose⁴ and ear.⁵ The present article concerns the chemosurgical technic as applied to the treatment of cancer of the eyelid, and it presents the end results in 99 cases at the three year period and in 73 cases at the five year period.

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In the chemosurgical treatment of cancer of the eyelid, as in the treatment of cancer in other sites, the microscopic control is accomplished by means of a process consisting of the following steps: (1) in situ chemical fixation of the tissues suspected of being cancerous . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MADISON, WIS.

From the Department of Surgery, Dr. E. R. Schmidt, chief, State of Wisconsin General Hospital, and the McArdle Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin Medical School.

Footnotes
This project was aided by the Thomas E. Brittingham Fund, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the Jonathan Bowman Memorial Fund.

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