TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cutaneous Malignant Neoplasms A1 - Lewin, Jesse M. A1 - Vance, Stephen L. A2 - Lalwani, Anil K. PY - 2020 T2 - Current Diagnosis & Treatment Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, 4e AB - Cutaneous malignancies are the most common cancers in humans. Skin cancers have the potential to cause local destruction, distant metastasis, and death. Various treatment modalities are utilized to treat cutaneous malignancies depending on their histologic type, anatomic location, size, and host characteristics. Treatment may include topical chemotherapy, cryosurgery, electrodesiccation and curettage, standard surgical excision, staged excision, radiation therapy, or Mohs micrographic surgery. The management of cutaneous malignancies of the head and neck presents a unique set of challenges to the physicians who treat them. One must prioritize complete tumor extirpation with free margins while also maintaining function and cosmesis. This chapter reviews the types of cutaneous malignancies likely to be encountered in the practice of otolaryngology including nonmelanoma skin cancer, cutaneous melanoma, and other less common cutaneous malignancies. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1169073756 ER -