Follow-up of basal cell carcinomas: An audit of current practice

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 698-701

  Mc Loone, Nabla M ^a   Tolland, J ^a   Walsh, M ^a   Dolan, O M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up; Primary basal cell carcinomas; Surgical excision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745248666     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01576.x     Document Type: Review

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