Presence of residual basal cell carcinoma in re-excised specimens is more probable when deep and lateral margins were positive

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 704-706

  Fernandes, J D ^a,d   de Lorenzo Messina, M C ^a   de Almeida Pimentel, E R ^a   Castro, L G M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fleury   (Brazil)

^c Oncoderma   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Dermatologic surgery; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; REOPERATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43649087599     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02571.x     Document Type: Article

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