Squamous cell carcinoma of the umbilicus: Management of an unusual localization

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Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-238

  Macripò, Giuseppe ^a   Caliendo, Virginia ^a   Grassi, Marcella ^a   Lista, Patrizia ^b   Ribero, Simone ^a   Giacone, Elena ^a   Milanese, Enrica ^b   Ciuffreda, Libero ^b  

^a Ospedale San Lazzaro   (Italy)

^b AOU San Giovanni Battista Molinette   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrochemotherapy; Erlotinib; Squamous cell carcinoma; Umbilicus

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; ERLOTINIB;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MITOSIS INDEX; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CYST; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UMBILICAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UMBILICUS;

EID: 79957647303     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161109700219     Document Type: Article

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