Prospective study of the accuracy of the surgeon's diagnosis in 2000 excised skin tumor

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1255-1261

  Hallock, Geoffrey G ^a   Lutz, Debra A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TUMOR; SURGEON;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, SURGICAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031925195     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804050-00014     Document Type: Article

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