Incomplete excision of basal cell carcinoma: A prospective trial

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1240-1248

  Su, Shirley Y ^a   Giorlando, Francesco ^a   Ek, Edmund W ^a   Dieu, Tam ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CENTER; CONSULTATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN GRAFT; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34848852014     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000279148.67766.e1     Document Type: Article

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