Incomplete excision of basal cell carcinoma: Rate and associated factors among 362 consecutive cases

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1207-1214

  Farhi, David ^a   Dupin, Nicolas ^a   Palangié, André ^a   Carlotti, Agnés ^a   Avril, Marie Françoise ^a  

^a Université Paris V René Descartes ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EAR CANCER; EXCISION; EYELID CARCINOMA; FACE CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIP CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOSE CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 34848826571     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33255.x     Document Type: Article

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