When it comes down to deciding between surgical resection and definitive radiotherapy for well-differentiated, non-melanomatous skin malignancies, my simple rule of thumb is: While surgery may be the gold standard, whenever the post-operative cosmetic or functional sequelae are perceived to be poten...

I usually discuss with the patients that the evaluation for treatment is like real estate. Location, size, age (of patient and lesion), and co-morbidities (which is more like inspection). Patients seem to understand that and why friends or relatives may have had different treatments. We all have a...