Collision tumor of malignant skin cancers: A case of melanoma in basal cell carcinoma

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 202, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 691-694

  Papa, Giovanni ^a   Grandi, Giorgio ^b   Pascone, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Collision; Melanoma; Skin tumor

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; SECOND CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 33747331456     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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