Han, JaneNosrati, Naveed N.Soleimani, TaherehMunshi, Imtiaz A.Flores, Roberto L.Tholpady, Sunil S.2017-01-132017-01-132016-05Han, J., Nosrati, N. N., Soleimani, T., Munshi, I. A., Flores, R. L., & Tholpady, S. S. (2016). Analysis of Cases in Which a Biopsy Specimen Is Positive and an Excised Lesion Is Negative for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer. JAMA Surgery, 151(5), 486–488. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2015.4449https://hdl.handle.net/1805/11803Nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs), including squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC), are the most common types of cancer with the fastest-growing treatment costs in the United States.1 Standard treatment requires biopsy for histologic confirmation, followed by excision. Oftentimes, no residual carcinoma is detected, implying spontaneous clearance at rates reported to vary from 24% to 76%.2- 5 These types of lesions have been investigated by others2- 5 and are not fully understood. Our study aims to determine the lesion and patient characteristics that would most strongly predict a histologically negative result for an excised lesion after a biopsy specimen had positive margins.enPublisher Policynonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs)biopsyexcised lesionArticle