Environmental and economic considerations for diagnostic biopsies in basal cell carcinomas. Comment on 'Biopsy type does not affect the number of stages during Mohs micrographic surgery: a retrospective study'
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Where there is clinical equipoise in the type of diagnostic biopsy undertaken, clinicians should account for the environmental and economic impact and opt for shave biopsies, rather than punch biopsies, more frequently.
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Environmental and economic considerations for diagnostic biopsies in basal cell carcinomas. Comment on 'Biopsy type does not affect the number of stages during Mohs micrographic surgery: a retrospective study'
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Usamah M. Afzal - Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Faisal R. Ali - Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust