Defining patients with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-33

  Veness, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Metastasis; Perineural invasion; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERINEURIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33644993570     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2006.00218.x     Document Type: Review

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