Facial basal cell carcinoma: Analysis of recurrence and follow-up strategies

Oncology Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1423-1429

  Sartore, Leonardo ^a   Lancerotto, Luca ^a   Salmaso, Michela ^a   Giatsidis, Giorgio ^a   Paccagnella, Omar ^a   Alaibac, Mauro ^a   Bassetto, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Skin cancer; Treatment strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACIAL BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; METATYPIC BASALOID SQUAMOUS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN ULCER; SQUAMOUS CELL; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 80053546858     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2011.1453     Document Type: Article

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