Histologic subtyping and malignancy assessment of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 521-530

  Petter, Gerhard ^a   Haustein, Uwe Frithjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THICKNESS; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA;

BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033946038     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.99181.x     Document Type: Article

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