Five-year results of curettage-cryosurgery for 100 consecutive auricular non-melanoma skin cancers

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 893-898

  Nordin, Peter ^a,b   Stenquist, Bo ^a  

^a Capio AB   (Sweden)

^b Läkarhuset ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, Basal Cell; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Cryosurgery; Mohs Surgery; Neoplasms, Recurrence; Treatment Outcome

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; CRYOSURGERY; CURETTAGE; EAR CANCER; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CRYOSURGERY; CURETTAGE; EAR NEOPLASMS; EAR, EXTERNAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036853295     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00222150260369390     Document Type: Article

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