Cutaneous cancers in an interventional cardiologist: A cautionary tale

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-55

  Eagan Jr , John T ^a   Jones, Carolynn Thomas ^b  

^a Pathology Associates of Alabama PC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; RETINOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOLOGIST; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN BIOPSY;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RADIATION, IONIZING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951654048     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2010.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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