Perineural invasion: Identification, significance, and a standardized definition

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-221

  Dunn, Martin ^a,d   Morgan, Michael B ^b   Beer, Trevor W ^c  

^a Skin Cancer Specialist Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Cutaneous Pathology   (Australia)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PEPLEOMYCIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CHEMOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PERINEURAL INVASION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL CARCINOMATOSIS; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 58849122244     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34412.x     Document Type: Article

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