Surgical excision of basal cell carcinoma with complete margin control: Outcome at 5-year follow-up

Dermatology

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Wetzig, T ^a   Woitek, M ^a   Eichhorn, K ^a   Simon, J C ^a   Paasch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Micrographic surgery; Three dimensional histology of the tumor bed

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHEMOSURGERY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954242201     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000300116     Document Type: Article

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