Is there just one lesion? the need for whole body skin examination in patients presenting with non-melanocytic skin cancer

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 707-712

  Terrill, Patricia Jane ^a,b,c   Fairbanks, Sian ^a   Bailey, Michael ^b  

^a FRANKSTON HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Alfred Hospital ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Skin neoplasms; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; NON MELANOCYTIC SKIN CANCER; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WHOLE BODY SKIN EXAMINATION;

EID: 70350505911     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.05094.x     Document Type: Review

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