Squamous cell carcinoma and Bowen's disease of the skin in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-193

  Foo, Christopher C I ^a   Lee, Joyce S S ^a   Guilanno, Victoria ^a   Yan, Xiuyuan ^b   Tan, Suat Hoon ^a   Giam, Yoke Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; PSORALEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRURITUS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34249739138     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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