Cancer of the skin in the older patient

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 339-361

  Keller, K L ^a   Fenske, N A ^a   Glass, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIBODY; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DACARBAZINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOTEMUSTINE; ISOTRETINOIN; LIQUID NITROGEN; PHENOL; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; SUNSCREEN; TAMOXIFEN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; CURETTAGE; DRUG FORMULATION; ELECTROSURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KERATOACANTHOMA; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRECANCER; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030998353     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30173-3     Document Type: Review

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