Perspectives on the preventability of emergency department visits by older patients.

Background: Older people increasingly demand emergency department (ED) care. ED visits have a profound impact on older patients, including high risk of adverse outcomes and loss of independency. In this study, we evaluated the opinions of patients, caregivers, general practitioners, and ED physicians on the preventability of ED visits.

Rapid Lump Examination as a New Aid to Speedup Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A Pilot Study.

Background: Although most cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) are curable, facial and recurrent BCCs require time consuming and labor-intensive Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) to ensure complete removal with optimal cosmetic results. To handle the skin cancer epidemic, there is an urgent need to speedup MMS. Recently, rapid lump examination (RLE) has been shown to enable quick histologic examination, but its usefulness within MMS is unknown.

The incidence of skin cancer in dermatology.

Background: It is known that the incidence of skin cancer is rising rapidly worldwide, but no reliable figures on multiple nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) are available.

Aim: To determine the actual incidence of skin cancer in dermatology practice and to estimate how this relates to the first primary tumours (registered at the Eindhoven Cancer Registry).

Methods: We examined 1001 randomly selected patient records at Catharina Hospital Eindhoven for mention of skin cancer.

Imiquimod 5% cream as pretreatment of Mohs micrographic surgery for nodular basal cell carcinoma in the face: a prospective randomized controlled study.

Background: Imiquimod 5% cream can reduce or clear superficial and small nodular basal cell carcinoma (BCC). It could be used as a pretreatment of Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) to decrease defect size.

Objectives: To study if a pretreatment with imiquimod 5% cream decreases defect size after MMS.