Is It Really Necessary to Make Wide Excisions for Basal Cell Carcinoma Treatment?

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1989-1991

  Ünlü, Ramazan Erkin ^a   Altun, Serdar ^b   Kerem, Metin ^b   Koç, Mustafa Nihat ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Gaziantep Ahmet Gökçek Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Excision margin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SURGERY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 77449091892     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181bd7533     Document Type: Article

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