Comparative morphometric analysis of primary versus recurrent basal cell carcinoma and of histological subtypes. Significance of morphometry of the nuclei

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3 B, 2003, Pages 2697-2700

  Bierhoff, Erhard ^a,b   Appel, Kirsten ^b   Appel, Thorsten ^b   Buettner, Reinhard ^b   Wardelmann, Eva ^b  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Histology; Morphometry; Nuclei; Recurrent tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042807486     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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