Treatment of dermatofibroma sarcoma protuberans using modified mohs micrographic surgery: No recurrences and smaller defects

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 780-784

  Hancox, John G ^a   Kelley, Ben ^b   Greenway Jr , Hubert T ^b  

^a Mountain State Dermatology   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849115514     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34146.x     Document Type: Article

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