Wide local excision or Mohs micrographic surgery for primary dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 545-546

  Brewer, Jerry D ^a   Roenigk, Randall K ^a   Otley, Clark C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOSURGERY; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIDE EXCISION;

DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80053381676     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3181f47942     Document Type: Letter

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