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Plastic Surgeons should be Concerned About Malignant Skin Tumors in Terminally Ill Patients Masaki Fujioka 1,2 1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center 2Functional Form Research Section, Department of Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center pp.117-122
Published Date 2026/2/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.18916/keisei.2026020005
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 Palliative care and plastic surgery are medical fields that share a common goal of alleviating patientsʼ pain and discomfort and improving their quality of life. Cases of surgical intervention for skin ulcers in terminally ill cancer patients began to be reported in Japan in the early 2010s, and the outcomes of these cases demonstrated the effectiveness of palliative plastic surgery for the persistent pain, excessive exudate and bleeding, foul odor, and psychological distress caused by fungating ulcers associated with terminal cancer. However, there are still very few plastic surgeons who are interested in palliative care, and although plastic surgeons as a group are skilled in surgical techniques that could alleviate the suffering of terminally ill cancer patients, they have made little contribution to palliative care. As a result, many terminally ill cancer patients with cancerous skin ulcers have no effective treatment options and are thus obliged to spend their short remaining months or years in pain. This article describes specific examples and precautions for palliative plastic surgery for these patients. Plastic surgeons should pay more attention to end-of-life care and use palliative plastic surgery to improve the quality of life of patients suffering from terminal skin conditions.


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