A chance to cut is a chance to check all peripheral margins: "... A far, far better thing that I do"

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 743-744

  Siegel, Daniel Mark ^a   Coldiron, Brett M ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942624380     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.6.743     Document Type: Editorial

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