Imiquimod can be combined with cryosurgery (immunocryosurgery) for locally advanced periocular basal cell carcinomas

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 890-892

  Gaitanis, Georgios ^a   Kalogeropoulos, Christos ^a   Bassukas, Ioannis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CRYOSURGERY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYOSURGERY; EYELID NEOPLASMS; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79956359126     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.195800     Document Type: Letter

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