This book describes the methods a dermatologist, pathologist, or technician can use to optimize the Mohs technique in skin cancer treatment.

Part I. Microscopy and Tissue Preparation: 1. Introduction Kenneth G. Gross and Howard K. Steinman; 2. How to excise tissue for optimal sectioning Kenneth G. Gross; 3. Optimizing the Mohs microscope Kenneth G. Gross; 4. Tissue preparation and chromacoding Howard K. Steinman; 5. Embedding techniques Edward H. Yob; Part II. Introduction to Lab Tech Techniques: 6. Lab pearls: how to make great slides and preparing slides with cartilage Alex Lutz and Michael Shelton; 7. Lab pearls: staining, inking, and coverslipping Alex Lutz; 8. Lab pearls: troubleshooting slide quality Alex Lutz; 9. Mohs slide organization and standardization for effective interpretation Kenneth G. Gross; 10. Mohs mapping Howard K. Steinman; Part III. Microanatomy and Neoplastic Disease: 11. Normal microanatomy: vertical and horizontal John Campbell; 12. Basal cell carcinoma: vertical and horizontal A. Neil Crowson and Carlos Garcia; 13. Squamous cell carcinoma: vertical and horizontal A. Neil Crowson and Edward H. Yob; 14. Unusual tumors: vertical and horizontal Terence O'Grady; 15. Mohs for melanoma Adam J. Mamelak and Arash Kimyai-Asadi; 16. Perineural tumors Alexander Miller; Part IV. Special Techniques and Stains: 17. Fixed tissue Mohs Laura T. Cepeda, Daniel Siegel and Norman Brooks; 18. Tol blue Ofer Arnon, Adam J. Mamelak and Leonard H. Goldberg; 19. Forms and templates for Mohs surgery Kenneth G. Gross and Howard K. Steinman.