Response to Xu et al., "Letter to Editor 'Mohs micrographic surgery reduces the risk of reconstruction with positive margins, repeat surgeries, and time to definitive reconstruction compared to conventional excision of hand and foot melanomas: A retrospective cohort study'"
J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026 Apr 21:S0190-9622(26)00614-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2026.04.036.
Online ahead of print.
1 University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
2 Department of Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3 Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
4 Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
5 University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
6 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
7 Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
8 Department of Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
9 Department of Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Dermatology, Rush University Medical Center, Illinois.
10 Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
11 Department of Surgical Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
12 Department of Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: christopher.miller2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.