Evaluation of surgeons' marking of excision margins for superficial facial skin cancer lesions

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-198

  Ghosh, S ^a,b   Duvvi, S ^a   Goodyear, P ^a   Reddy, E ^a   Kumar, A ^a  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neoplasm; Skin; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FACE CANCER; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; SUPERFICIAL FACIAL SKIN CANCER LESION; TUMOR VOLUME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; FACE TUMOR; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 65249190148     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215108002612     Document Type: Article

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