Surgical excision versus curettage plus cryosurgery in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 579-587

  Kuijpers, Danielle I M ^a   Thissen, Monique R T M ^a   Berretty, Paul J M ^b   Ideler, Fons H L B ^b   Nelemans, Patty J ^c   Neumann, Martino H A M ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREEZE THAWING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CRYOSURGERY; CURETTAGE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NETHERLANDS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247530004     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33117.x     Document Type: Article

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