Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: A population-based cancer registry descriptive study of 66 consecutive cases diagnosed between 1982 and 2002

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1237-1242

  Monnier, D ^a   Vidal, C ^a   Martin, L ^b   Danzon, A ^a   Pelletier, F ^a   Puzenat, E ^a   Algros, M P ^a   Blanc, D ^a   Laurent, R ^a   Humbert, P H ^a   Aubin, Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b Rheumatology Orléans Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Prognosis; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR D;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN SURGERY; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750300543     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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