Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
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Skin cancers are the most common malignancies in this country. Treatment of these tumors often involves assessment of margins, which may be performed by frozen section. ⋯ Frozen sections play a vital role in the evaluation of margins of basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas. The role of frozen sections in evaluation of soft tissue tumors is controversial. With rare exception, they have no role in the evaluation of melanocytic tumors.