# OnCo record topical-and-destructive-treatment-bcc (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/terms/topical-and-destructive-treatment-bcc/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "topical-and-destructive-treatment-bcc" ;
  schema:name "Creams, light and cold for basal cell carcinoma"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "non-surgical treatment of basal cell carcinoma"@en, "imiquimod versus fluorouracil versus photodynamic therapy"@en, "field treatment of skin cancer"@en, "topical therapy for skin cancer"@en ;
  schema:description "For a thin basal cell carcinoma there are four treatments that avoid an operation: two creams, a light treatment and freezing. All of them cure fewer people than surgery does, and all of them leave a better-looking face. The trials that measured the difference are the ones to read before choosing."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/topical-and-destructive-treatment-bcc/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-25"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2017.09.033>, <https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.13066> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/basal-cell-carcinoma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/skin-cancer/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/photodynamic-therapy-lasers/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/cryoablation/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/imiquimod/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/fluorouracil/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/aminolevulinic-acid/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/curettage-and-cautery/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/surgical-margins-keratinocyte-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/pathways/field-cancerisation/> ;
  onco:trials <https://onco.cc/trials/mal-pdt-imiquimod-fluorouracil-superficial-bcc/>, <https://onco.cc/trials/sins-trial/>, <https://onco.cc/trials/scin-trial/>, <https://onco.cc/trials/mal-pdt-versus-surgery-nodular-bcc/>, <https://onco.cc/trials/mal-pdt-versus-cryotherapy-superficial-bcc/> .