Prospective follow-up after curettage-cryosurgery for scalp and face skin cancers

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 568-576

  Lindemalm Lundstam, B ^a   Dalenback J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Basal cell carcinoma; Cryosurgery; Recurrence; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; CURETTAGE; FACE CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCALP TUMOR; SKIN CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CRYOSURGERY; CURETTAGE; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 69149106045     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09310.x     Document Type: Article

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