CASE REPORT article
Front. Oncol.
Sec. Skin Cancer
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1670270
Modified surgery combined with photodynamic therapy for treating basal cell carcinoma in special facial regions
Provisionally accepted
- 1Department of Dermatology, Hebei Engineering University Affiliated Hospital, handan, China
- 2Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is one of the most common cutaneous malignancies, accounting for approximately 80% of all non-melanoma skin cancers, and predominantly occurs in sun-exposed areas such as the head and face. The primary treatment for basal cell carcinoma is surgical excision. For lesions that present significant surgical challenges or cause severe damage, a combination of therapeutic approaches may be employed. Photodynamic therapy is frequently utilized for superficial BCC and can also be combined with surgery for special types of BCC to reduce recurrence rates and avoid trauma associated with surgical resection . This article reports two cases of basal cell carcinoma in special facial locations treated with modified surgery combined with photodynamic therapy at our hospital.
Keywords: basal cell carcinoma, Photodynamic therapy (PDT),, regional cancerous tissue, Modified surgery, special facial regions
Received: 21 Jul 2025; Accepted: 04 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Fan, lv, suo, Shi and Miao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Zhixia Fan, Department of Dermatology, Hebei Engineering University Affiliated Hospital, handan, China
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