Presurgical curettage appropriately reduces the number of Mohs stages by better delineating the subclinical extensions of tumor margins

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 9 PART 1, 2005, Pages 1094-1100

  Chung, Vinh Q ^a   Bernardo, Leo ^a   Jiang, S Brian ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CANCER STAGING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944479744     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2005.31902     Document Type: Article

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