Experience of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer (NMSC) Mohs Surgery Project

Completed

Conditions studied: Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

In brief

Mohs surgery excises non-melanoma skin cancer tumors of the head and neck while preserving maximum healthy tissue, an advantageous characteristic when dealing with the cosmetic and functional cervifacial region. Yet, treatment can result in changes to function and appearance with effects on quality of life. This project uses Grounded Theory to explore the Mohs surgery experience of NMSC patients who have head and neck lesions through interview and observation of the surgical appointment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01452984

Run by

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

People needed

16

Starts

2011-07-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-03-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient participants must have an upcoming Mohs surgery scheduled or have already undergone Mohs surgery within the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
• All participants must read and speak English.
• For those patient participants with communication impairments due to surgery and treatment, accomodations for alternate methods of communication, including typing responses to the interview guide into a laptop computer or writing responses with a pen on paper, will be provided.
• Both male and female
• Must read and speak English
• Be over the age 18 and able to give consent.

You may not qualify if…

• This study excludes patients and their partners who are incapacitated or not old enough to give consent, more specifically those under the age of 18.

Where it is running

• Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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