...properly identify and manage the unsuspected aggressive or high-risk tumor, what we often call the 'bad actors.'" Beware of 'bad...more infiltrative pattern, or is this is a potentially high-risk tumor because of other histopathologic features? This information...

...70 years) and less likely to present with another serious disease. The survival benefit is still seen regardless of high-risk tumor characteristics and after controlling for age, other concurrent diseases and surgical complications, Herman says...

...by electrodesiccation and curettage. They are not advanced enough to be considered a first-line treatment for any high-risk tumor. However, Dr. Chen expects advancements. "Improved medical

...lymphoproliferative disorders.31 Table 1 summarizes risk factors and relative risk for recurrence and metastasis of SCC. Signs of a high-risk tumor include perineural invasion, neurotropism, desmoplasia, and tumor diameter greater than 2 cm. Interval to recurrence...

...from whatever site one chooses." Conversely, she says, partial-thickness skin grafts are "wonderful when one has a high-risk tumor at the defect site and one is worried about recurrence, because one can see through the thin layer of skin to monitor...

...brought her newborn daughter home. That afternoon, she went back for the biopsy that would confirm her worst fear. A high-risk tumor had consumed her right breast. Bone Marrow `Rescue' Bone marrow transplantation is used in some breast cancer patients...