The operative management of melanoma: Where does mohs surgery fit in?

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1069-1079

  Chang, Kyung Hee ^a   Dufresne Jr , Raymond ^a   Cruz, Antonio ^a   Rogers, Gary S ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MOHS MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; MOHS SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79961023609     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.02005.x     Document Type: Review

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