Incomplete primary excision of cutaneous basal and squamous cell carcinomas in the Bay of Plenty

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1192, 2004, Pages

  Talbot, Simon ^a   Hitchcock, Brandon ^a  

^a TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EAR CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NOSE CARCINOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; STANDARD; SURGERY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, BASOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGERY;

EID: 3242743208     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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