Recurrence pattern in squamous cell carcinoma of skin of lower extremities and abdominal wall (Kangri cancer) in Kashmir valley of Indian subcontinent: Impact of various treatment modalities

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-346

  Teli, Mohmad Ashraf ^a   Khan, N A ^a   Darzi, M Ashraf ^a   Gupta, Meenu ^a   Tufail, A ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Erythema ab igne; Kangri cancer; Lymph nodal irradiation; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; COBALT THERAPY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; KANGRI CANCER; LEG; LOCAL METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 71949096143     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.57610     Document Type: Article

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