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5 questions · 9 findings · 1 reviews · Skin

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 5 · 55.6%Moderate 4 · 44.4%High 0 · 0%

Mohs micrographic surgery vs surgical excision

Recurrence · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Mohs micrographic surgery showed no clear difference in recurrence at 3 years compared with surgical excision (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Radiotherapy vs surgical excision

Recurrence · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Radiotherapy may leads to higher recurrence at 3 years compared with surgical excision (with or without frozen section margin control) (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Imiquimod vs MAL‐PDT

Recurrence · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Imiquimod cream probably leads to lower recurrence at 3 years compared with MAL‐PDT (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Imiquimod vs surgical excision

Recurrence · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Imiquimod probably leads to higher recurrence at 3 years compared with surgical excision (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review