Do basal cell carcinomas recur after complete conventional surgical excision?

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 795-805

  Griffiths, Richard W ^a   Suvarna, S K ^a   Stone, J ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Complete conventional excision; Recurrence rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SURGERY; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23744482479     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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