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Health-related quality of life associated with immunocryosurgery, a minimally invasive modality, for cervicofacial basal cell carcinoma Volume 29, issue 2, March-April 2019

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Department of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) has marginal impact on patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL), as it combines comparatively low disease-specific morbidity and a limited risk of metastasis and mortality [1]. Contemporary, minimally invasive, though lengthy and locally irritating, pharmacological interventions for BCC can impact patients’ physical and psychosocial well-being, intensifying the perception of facial disfigurement [2], risking adherence to treatment [3] and thereby efficacy. These [...]