A comparison in real clinical practice of methyl aminolevulinate photodynamic therapy and surgery for small superficial basal cell carcinoma: 3-year recurrence rates and cosmetic outcomes

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-118

  Sebaratnam, D F ^a,b   Venugopal, S S ^a,b   Murrell, D F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RECURRENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650010944     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03697.x     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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