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===Further workup of malignant findings===
===Further workup of malignant findings===
In case of skin cancer, determine whether the peripheral/radial and deep margins are clear, close or continuous.<ref name=rcpath>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcpath.org/asset/53688094-791E-4AAA-82CEC42C3CB65E35/|author=David Slater, Paul Barrett|title=Standards and datasets for reporting cancers - Dataset for histopathological reporting of primary cutaneous basal cell carcinoma|website=The Royal College of Pathologists}} February 2019</ref><ref group="notes">"Peripheral" or "radial" margins are preferred rather than "lateral", since a "lateral" margin may be interpreted as opposite to the "medial margin".</ref> A close margin has various definitions for different malignancies, but for basal-cell cancer it is defined as being closer than 1 mm from the edge (but yet non-continuous with it).<ref name=rcpath/>
In case of skin cancer, determine whether the peripheral/radial and deep margins are clear, close or continuous.<ref name=rcpath>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcpath.org/asset/53688094-791E-4AAA-82CEC42C3CB65E35/|author=David Slater, Paul Barrett|title=Standards and datasets for reporting cancers - Dataset for histopathological reporting of primary cutaneous basal cell carcinoma|website=The Royal College of Pathologists}} February 2019</ref><ref group="notes">"Peripheral" or "radial" margins are preferred rather than "lateral", since a "lateral" margin may be interpreted as opposite to the "medial margin".</ref> A close margin has various definitions for different malignancies, but for [[basal-cell carcinoma]] it is defined as being closer than 1 mm from the edge (but yet non-continuous with it).<ref name=rcpath/>


==Reporting==
==Reporting==