Death from metastatic basal cell carcinoma: herbal remedy or just unlucky?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 846-848

  Laub Jr , Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS EXTRACT;

ADULT; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHEEK; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MAXILLA RESECTION; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANGUINARIA; SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS; SEPTAL MUCOSAL FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TISSUE FLAP; VERTICAL PARAMEDIAN FOREHEAD FLAP;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SANGUINARIA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 47049110088     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.090     Document Type: Letter

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