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This can compromise effective management.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To underscore the importance of removing terminal hair on the scalp for an accurate assessment of clinical margins of BCC on the scalp.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We report 2 cases of cutaneous BCC arising on the scalp. The size of the malignancies was underestimated because they were masked by hair growth.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Removing terminal hair allowed for a full assessment of the extent of the tumours on hair-bearing scalp, which had been underestimated by 73% to 80% prior to shaving.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our cases highlight the importance of hair removal for complete assessment of cutaneous malignancy occurring on hair-bearing skin.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/1203475416664036","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,8]],"date-time":"2016-08-08T23:13:55Z","timestamp":1470698035000},"page":"64-67","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Shave to Save Face"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Danya","family":"Traboulsi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Calgary, Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Habib","family":"Kurwa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Calgary, Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-1203475416664036","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/SCS.0b013e31825da652"},{"key":"bibr2-1203475416664036","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/bjc.1996.275"},{"key":"bibr3-1203475416664036","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/17453674.2014.971661"},{"key":"bibr4-1203475416664036","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jhin.2015.06.020"},{"key":"bibr5-1203475416664036","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/JNN.0b013e31825106d2"}],"container-title":["Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/1203475416664036","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/1203475416664036","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/1203475416664036","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,28]],"date-time":"2026-04-28T15:53:35Z","timestamp":1777391615000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1203475416664036"}},"subtitle":["Two Case Reports of Basal Cell Carcinoma on the Scalp"],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,20]]},"references-count":5,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,1]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/1203475416664036"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1203475416664036","relation":{},"ISSN":["1203-4754","1615-7109"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1203-4754","type":"print"},{"value":"1615-7109","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,20]]}}}