Surgical decision making for basal-cell carcinoma of the face

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1119-1120

  Feldman, Steve ^a   Pearce, Daniel J ^a   Williford, Phillip M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOSURGERY; ESTHETICS; FACE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURGERY; SUN EXPOSURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BEAUTY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MOHS SURGERY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56449125022     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70292-4     Document Type: Letter

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