Basal cell carcinoma with lung metastasis diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-324

  Patel, Manubhai S ^a,b   Thigpen, James Tate ^a   Vance, Ralph B ^a   Elkins, Stephanie L ^a   Guo, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032990377     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199903000-00013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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