Managing patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma metastatic to the axilla or groin lymph nodes

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-117

  Goh, Amy ^a   Howle, Julie ^a,b   Hughes, Michael ^a,b   Veness, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Skin cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AXILLA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AXILLA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952003464     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2009.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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