Are primary cutaneous carcinisarcomas underdiagnosed? Five cases and a review of the literature

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1402-1408

  Syme Grant, Jonathan ^a   Syme Grant, Nicola J ^a   Motta, Luisa ^a   Stevenson, J Howard ^a   Evans, Alan T ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous carcinosarcoma; Review; Skin neoplasms

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; LIQUID NITROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTRON THERAPY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCHYMOMA; METASTASIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOSARCOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33750963786     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.12.057     Document Type: Article

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