5-year recurrence rates of mohs micrographic surgery for aggressive and recurrent facial basal cell carcinoma

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 689-693

  Paoli, John ^a   Daryoni, Samuel ^a   Wennberg, Ann Marie ^a   Mölne, Lena ^a   Gillstedt, Martin ^a   Miocic, Marinko ^a   Stenquist, Bo ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Mohs micrographic surgery; Recurrence rates; Skin cancer; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; EXCISION; FACE CANCER; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MOHS MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80054933475     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1134     Document Type: Article

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