Kauvar AN, Cronin T Jr., Roenigk R et al (2015) Consensus for nonmelanoma skin cancer treatment: basal cell carcinoma, including a cost analysis of treatment methods. Dermatol Surg 41(5):550–571. https://doi.org/10.1097/dss.0000000000000296

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Cerimele D, Celleno L, Serri F (1990) Physiological changes in ageing skin. Br J Dermatol 122:13–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1990.tb16120.x

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Shuster S, Black MM, McVitie E (1975) The influence of age and sex on skin thickness, skin collagen and density. Br J Dermatol 93(6):639–643. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1975.tb05113.x

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Oltulu P, Ince B, Kokbudak N et al (2018) Measurement of epidermis, dermis, and total skin thicknesses from six different body regions with a new ethical histometric technique. Turkish J Plast Surg 26(2):56–61. https://doi.org/10.4103/tjps.TJPS_2_17

Article  Google Scholar 

Soleymani T, Abrouk M, Kelly KM (2017) An analysis of laser therapy for the treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer. Dermatol Surg 43(5):615–624. https://doi.org/10.1097/dss.0000000000001048

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Sharon E, Snast I, Lapidoth M et al (2021) Laser treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Clin Dermatol 22(1):25–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-020-00562-8

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Hohenleutner U, Hilbert M, Wlotzke U, Landthaler M (1995) Epidermal damage and limited coagulation depth with the flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser: a histochemical study. J Invest Dermatol 104(5):798–802. https://doi.org/10.1111/1523-1747.ep12606996

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Ballard CJ, Rivas MP, McLeod MP et al (2011) The pulsed dye laser for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma. Lasers Med Sci 26(5):641–644. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-011-0952-8

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Minars N, Blyumin-Karasik M (2012) Treatment of basal cell carcinomas with pulsed dye laser: a case series. J Skin Cancer 2012:286480. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/286480

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Jalian HR, Avram MM, Stankiewicz KJ et al (2014) Combined 585 nm pulsed-dye and 1,064 nm nd:YAG lasers for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma. Lasers Surg Med 46(1):1–7. https://doi.org/10.1002/lsm.22201

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Alonso-Castro L, Ríos-Buceta L, Boixeda P et al (2015) The effect of pulsed dye laser on high-risk basal cell carcinomas with response control by Mohs micrographic surgery. Lasers Med Sci 30(7):2009–2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-014-1686-1

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Leitenberger JJ, Rogers H, Chapman JC et al (2016) Defining recurrence of nonmelanoma skin cancer after Mohs micrographic surgery: report of the American College of Mohs Surgery Registry and Outcomes Committee. J Am Acad Dermatol 75(5):1022–1031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2016.06.047

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

United Nations Development Programme, Ageing (2017) Older Persons and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ; https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2017/08/Ageing-Older-Persons-and-2030-Agenda_Issues-Brief-low-resolution-.pdf. Accessed

Institute of Medicine (US) (1990) Committee to Design a Strategy for Quality Review and Assurance in Medicare. 3, the Elderly Population. In: Lohr KN (ed) Medicare: a strategy for Quality Assurance, vol 1. National Academies Press (US), Washington (DC)

Google Scholar 

Altamura D, Menzies SW, Argenziano G et al (2010) Dermatoscopy of basal cell carcinoma: morphologic variability of global and local features and accuracy of diagnosis. J Am Acad Dermatol 62(1):67–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2009.05.035

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Raasch BA, Buettner PG, Garbe C (2006) Basal cell carcinoma: histological classification and body-site distribution. Br J Dermatol 155(2):401–407. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07234.x

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

McKay KM, Sambrano BL, Fox PS et al (2013) Thickness of superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC) predicts imiquimod efficacy: a proposal for a thickness-based definition of sBCC. Br J Dermatol 169(3):549–554. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.12402

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Roozeboom MH, van Kleef L, Arits AH et al (2015) Tumor thickness and adnexal extension of superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC) as determinants of treatment failure for methylaminolevulinate (MAL)-photodynamic therapy (PDT), imiquimod, and 5-fluorouracil (FU). J Am Acad Dermatol 73(1):93–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2015.03.048

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Holmkvist KA, Rogers GS, Dahl PR (1999) Incidence of residual basal cell carcinoma in patients who appear tumor free after biopsy. J Am Acad Dermatol 41(4):600–605

CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Gurunluoglu R, Kubek E, Arton J et al (2015) Nonpersistence of basal cell carcinoma after diagnostic shave biopsy: reconstruction when specimen is negative during surgery. Ann Plast Surg 74(6):695–698. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.Sap.0000462324.61391.04

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Lakhani R, Khullar G, Sharma S et al (2021) Verrucous Bowen’s disease on the hand successfully treated with prolonged course of topical 5% 5-fluorouracil. Dermatol Ther 34(1):e14614. https://doi.org/10.1111/dth.14614

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Love WE, Bernhard JD, Bordeaux JS (2009) Topical imiquimod or fluorouracil therapy for basal and squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review. Arch Dermatol 145(12):1431–1438. https://doi.org/10.1001/archdermatol.2009.291

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Munaretto NF, Logli AL, Rose PS et al (2020) Radiotherapy does not impact long-term function following resection of soft-tissue sarcomas of the hand. Anticancer Res 40(3):1463–1466. https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.14089

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar