Comparison of Completely versus Incompletely Excised Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-70

  Ang, Por ^a   Tan, A W H ^a   Goh, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Incomplete excision; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tumour clearance

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 1842711676     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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