Advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the trunk and extremity: Analysis of prognostic factors

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-217

  North Jr , James H ^a,b   Spellman, James E ^a   Driscoll, Deborah ^a   Velez, Augustine ^a   Kraybill, William G ^a   Petrelli, Nicholas J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

epidermoid carcinoma; extremity; lymph nodes; Marjolin's ulcer; paraneoplastic syndrome; skin; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMIPELVECTOMY; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRUNK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031005088     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199703)64:3<212::AID-JSO7>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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