Long-term outcomes, quality of life, and costs of treatment modalities for T1-T2 lip carcinomas.

Purpose: Early stage lip squamous cell carcinoma (lip SCC) can be treated with conventional excision, Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), or brachytherapy. The aim of this retrospective study was to describe the medical outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, and costs of these treatments.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of T1-T2 lip SSCs treated between 1996 and 2019.