Defining, treating, and studying very high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1292-1295

  Miller, Stanley J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78349276961     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.309     Document Type: Note

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