Squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp in organ transplant recipients: Exploring mechanisms for recurrence and treatment guidelines: ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-193

  Neubauer, Karen E ^a   Goldstein, Glenn D ^a   Plumb, Stephen J ^a  

^a Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; SCALP; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76249116275     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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