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The value of cytological smear in evaluation of head and neck non-melanoma skin cancer

Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common malignancy in humans. Recognition of atypical tumors, recurrent tumors and multiple tumors is sometimes diffi cult. Cytological sampling is painless, non-invasive and accurate method, useful in skin cancer evaluation. In our study, which included 91 patient, overall accuracy of cytology in non-melanoma skin cancer was 91.2%. We fi nd this method most useful in diff erentiating small benign looking lesions, in multiple skin changes and in suspected recurrent skin cancer.

head and neck non-melanoma skin cancer, cytological smear, basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer

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