Skin cancer arising in scars: A systematic review

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1239-1244

  Wallingford, Sarah C ^a   Olsen, Catherine M ^b   Plasmeijer, Elsemieke ^c   Green, Adèle C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BURN PATIENT; BURN SCAR; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MELANOMA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SCAR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SURGERY; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCER;

BURNS; CICATRIX; DENMARK; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 80052312242     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.02060.x     Document Type: Review

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