Delayed treatment and continued growth of nonmelanoma skin cancer

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 839-848

  Alam, Murad ^a,b   Goldberg, Leonard H ^d,f   Silapunt, Sirunya ^c   Gardner, Erin S ^g   Strom, Sara S ^d   Rademaker, Alfred W ^a   Margolis, David J ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f DERMSURGERY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^g Aesthetic Derm Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; delay; denial; nonmelanoma skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CHEMOSURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY DELAY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79954782278     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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