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ASCO 2022 | Narrower side margin excision for head and neck BCC in the Japanese population

Yasuhiro Nakamura • 5 Jun 2022

ASCO 2022

Head and Neck Cancer Skin Cancer

Current strategies in head and neck basal cell carcinoma (BCC) are based on studies in the Caucasian population, with BCCs mostly arising as non-pigmented lesions and/or with poorly defined clinical borders. In this interview, Yasuhiro Nakamura, MD, PhD, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan, discusses an ongoing study evaluating narrower side margin excision for Japanese patients with head and neck basal cell carcinoma. This interview took place at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2022 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.