Ex Vivo Confocal Microscopy Speeds up Surgical Margin Control of Re-Excised Skin Tumors and Greatly Shortens In-Hospital Stay
evRCM was valuable for speeding up the assessment of surgical margins in patients with re-excised NMSC. Proper tissue preparation and assessment require interdisciplinary collaboration between cutaneous surgeons, pathologists, and physician assistants, emphasizing the need for standardized operating procedures.
Authors
- Jörg Laske (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7321-733X)
- Nadia Eberl
- Stefan Beissert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8327-8475)
- Friedegund Meier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4340-9706)
- Sarah Hobelsberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5703-324X)
- Frank Friedrich Gellrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2164-4644)
- Julian Steininger
Institutions
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (DE)
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (DE)
- University Cancer Center Hamburg (DE)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancers
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16183209
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.48