Formalin-fixed tissue Mohs surgery (slow Mohs) for basal cell carcinoma: 5-Year follow-up data

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 573-580

  Lawrence, C M ^a   Haniffa, M ^a   Dahl, M G C ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Mohs surgery; Slow Mohs

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; SURGEON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TISSUE FIXATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60449092105     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.09021.x     Document Type: Article

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