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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

3,234 questions · 3,357 findings · 396 reviews

No studies found 803 · 23.9%GRADE not reported 270 · 8%Very low 757 · 22.5%Low 859 · 25.6%Moderate 486 · 14.5%High 182 · 5.4%

Radiotherapy vs surgical excision

Cosmetic outcome (good/excellent) · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Radiotherapy probably leads to lower cosmetic outcome (good/excellent) compared with surgical excision (with or without frozen section margin control) (moderate certainty).

1 finding 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 MAL‐PDT

Cosmesis · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Imiquimod cream showed no clear difference in cosmetic outcome (excellent/good) compared with MAL‐PDT (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Imiquimod vs MAL‐PDT

Number of patients with moderate/severe pain (1 hour postoperatively) · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Imiquimod cream probably leads to lower pain (moderate/severe) compared with MAL‐PDT (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Imiquimod vs MAL‐PDT

Early treatment failure · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Imiquimod cream showed no clear difference in early treatment failure compared with MAL‐PDT (moderate certainty).

1 finding 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

Imiquimod vs surgical excision

Number of patients with moderate/severe pain (1 hour postoperatively) · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Imiquimod showed no clear difference in pain (moderate/severe) compared with surgical excision (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review