2017
Emerging concepts and recent advances in basal cell carcinoma
Totonchy M, Leffell D. Emerging concepts and recent advances in basal cell carcinoma. F1000Research 2017, 6: 2085. PMID: 29259776, PMCID: PMC5717469, DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.11314.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBasal cell carcinomaTreatment of BCCCell carcinomaIncidence of BCCNon-keratinizing cellsHigh cure ratesNon-surgical interventionsNon-surgical approachStandard of careMohs micrographic surgeryTargeted molecular therapiesRecurrent diseaseSurgical excisionCommon malignancySurgical interventionCure rateMicrographic surgeryMolecular therapyCarcinomaBasal layerTreatmentBurden of managementInterventionMorbiditySurgery
2015
A Strategy for the Successful Management of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
Goldberg C, Hoang D, McRae M, Chung C, Leffell DJ, Narayan D. A Strategy for the Successful Management of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans. Annals Of Plastic Surgery 2015, 74: 80-84. PMID: 23788146, DOI: 10.1097/sap.0b013e3182898692.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical excisionPositive marginsDermatofibrosarcoma protuberansMohs surgeryNational Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelinesDisease recurrence/persistenceMargin sizeClear histological marginsComplications of reconstructionInitial surgical resectionRecurrence/persistenceTraditional surgical excisionSoft tissue sarcomasMethod of treatmentExcision patientsHistological marginsSurgery groupSubclinical involvementSurgical resectionMargin statusDistant metastasisNetwork guidelinesTissue sarcomasClinical variablesTumor resection
2005
Mohs micrographic surgery: established uses and emerging trends.
Pennington BE, Leffell DJ. Mohs micrographic surgery: established uses and emerging trends. Oncology 2005, 19: 1165-71; discussion 1171-2, 1175. PMID: 16255133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaBasal cell carcinomaMohs micrographic surgeryCell carcinomaMicrographic surgeryCommon cutaneous neoplasmsConventional surgical excisionExtramammary Paget's diseaseMicrocystic adnexal carcinomaMerkel cell carcinomaCutaneous neoplasmsPaget's diseaseResidual tumorSurgical excisionAdnexal carcinomaCommon cancerCutaneous tumorsSurgical techniqueDermatofibrosarcoma protuberansCarcinomaDeep marginTissue conservationSurgeryTumorsDisease
1989
Laser Vaporization: A Novel Treatment of Botryomycosis
LEFFELL D, BROWN M, SWANSON N. Laser Vaporization: A Novel Treatment of Botryomycosis. Dermatologic Surgery 1989, 15: 703-705. PMID: 2501368, DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1989.tb03615.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research