5% 5-Fluorouracil cream for the treatment of small superficial basal cell carcinoma: Efficacy, tolerability, cosmetic outcome, and patient satisfaction

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-440

  Gross, Kenneth ^a,b   Kircik, Leon ^c   Kricorian, Greg ^d  

^a Skin Surgery Medical Group ^*  (United States)

^b Skin Surgery Medical Group   (United States)

^c Physicians Skin Care PLLC   (United States)

^d Valeant Pharmaceuticals International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; ALPHA INTERFERON; IMIQUIMOD; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; APOPTOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LACTATION; NOTE; PREGNANCY; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 34147123685     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33090.x     Document Type: Article

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