Perineural invasion of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma: Raising awareness and optimizing management

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1642-1651

  Geist, David E ^a   Garcia Moliner, Maria ^b   Fitzek, Markus M ^c   Cho, Hannah ^b   Rogers, Gary S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE TUMOR; PERINEURAL INVASION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57249116889     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34341.x     Document Type: Article

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