Treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Skin with 5-Fluorouracil Ointment
Author:
- Flemming ReymannFRFlemming Reymann
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Dermatology
- Vol. 158 (5) , 368-372
Abstract
During the period 1966–1968, 88 patients with a total of 95 basal cell carcinomas were treated with 5% 5-fluorouracil ointment. A follow-up study carried out from November 1977 to January 1978 revealed a total of 12 recurrences in 56 surviving patients with 56 basal cell carcinomas. The recurrence rate is thus 21.4%. It is concluded that there is hardly any indication for using 5-fluorouracil in local treatment of nodular basal cell carcinoma.Keywords
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