Mohs micrographic surgery is accurate 95.1% of the time for melanoma in situ: A prospective study of 167 cases

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 660-664

  Bene, Natalie I ^a   Healy, Chris ^a   Coldiron, Brett M ^a  

^a Skin Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FACE TUMOR; FROZEN SECTION; MELANOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449091841     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.34124.x     Document Type: Article

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