Recurrence rates of primary basal cell carcinoma in facial risk areas treated with curettage and electrodesiccation

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-95

  Rodriguez Vigil, Tomas ^a   Vázquez López, Francisco ^a   Perez Oliva, Narciso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DATA ANALYSIS; EAR; ELECTRODESSICATION; EYELID; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CURETTAGE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33845716089     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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