Effects of biopsy-induced wound healing on residual basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas: Rate of tumor regression in excisional specimens

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-146

  Swetter, Susan M ^a,b   Boldrick, Jennifer C ^b   Pierre, Peterson ^b   Wong, Patricia ^b   Egbert, Barbara M ^a,b  

^a Dermatology Service   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037301731     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.000002.x     Document Type: Article

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