Squamous cell carcinoma in situ in skin: What does it mean?

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 953-955

  Bhawan, Jag ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BOWEN DISEASE; BOWENOID PAPULOSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROPLASIA; HUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36248987801     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00736.x     Document Type: Review

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