Basal cell carcinoma histological clearance margins: an analysis of 1539 conventionally excised tumours. Wider still and deeper?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Griffiths, R W ^a   Suvarna, S K ^a   Stone, J ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Conventional surgery; Excision; Histological margins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER TISSUE; CHEEK; CHIN; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXCISION; FOREHEAD; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB TUMOR; LIP TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK TUMOR; NOSE TUMOR; OPERATOR; ORBIT TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP TUMOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751084632     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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