Squamous cell carcinoma complicating chronic venous leg ulceration: A study of the histopathology, course and survival in 25 patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1148-1152

  Baldursson, B T ^c   Hedblad, M A ^a   Beitner, H ^a   Lindelof B ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer Registry; Histopathology; Squamous cell carcinoma; Survival; Venous leg ulceration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ULCER; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG DERMATOSES; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032984707     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02879.x     Document Type: Article

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