Basal Cell Cancer
New basal cell cancer study results from H.A. Shah et al described
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, January 19th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, "Obtaining informed consent from patients with mental disorders can be a complicated and involved process, potentially resulting in decisions contrary to the advice of physicians. We present a schizophrenic patient with an invasive basal cell carcinoma involving the periocular structures and the right orbit."
"Exenteration was recommended with en bloc resection of the tumor. The ethical and legal committees decided against surgical intervention. Rather, the patient was admitted for medical treatment of his mental illness," wrote H.A. Shah and colleagues.
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