Variation in care for recurrent nonmelanoma skin cancer in a university-based practice and a Veterans Affairs Clinic

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1148-1152

  Clark, F Landon ^a   Sahay, Anju ^b   Bertenthal, Daniel ^c   Maddock, Leah ^c   Lindquist, Karla ^c   Grekin, Roy ^d   Chren, Mary Margaret ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNIVERSITY; VETERAN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51949104229     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.9.1148     Document Type: Article

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