Status:
COMPLETED
Experience of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer (NMSC) Mohs Surgery Project
Lead Sponsor:
Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Conditions:
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Mohs surgery excises non-melanoma skin cancer tumors of the head and neck while preserving maximum healthy tissue, an advantageous characteristic when dealing with the cosmetic and functional cervifac...
Detailed Description
Mohs surgery offers significant benefits in excising NMSC tumors of the head and neck by precisely removing cancerous tissue while preserving the maximum amount of healthy tissue, a characteristic of ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient participants must have an upcoming Mohs surgery scheduled or have already undergone Mohs surgery within the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
- All participants must read and speak English.
- For those patient participants with communication impairments due to surgery and treatment, accomodations for alternate methods of communication, including typing responses to the interview guide into a laptop computer or writing responses with a pen on paper, will be provided.
- Both male and female
- Must read and speak English
- Be over the age 18 and able to give consent.
Exclusion
- This study excludes patients and their partners who are incapacitated or not old enough to give consent, more specifically those under the age of 18.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2011
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
16 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01452984
Start Date
July 1 2011
End Date
December 1 2013
Last Update
March 19 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104