Accuracy of biopsy sampling for subtyping basal cell carcinoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-111

  Haws, Andrea L ^a   Rojano, Rafael ^a   Tahan, Steven R ^b   Phung, Thuy L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; basal cell carcinoma; biopsy; excision; histologic subtypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 83655163878     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.02.042     Document Type: Article

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