Marjolin's ulcers at a university teaching hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A retrospective review of 56 cases

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chalya, Phillipo L ^a   Mabula, Joseph B ^a   Rambau, Peter ^b   Mchembe, Mabula D ^c   Kahima, Kahima J ^b   Chandika, Alphonce B ^a   Giiti, Geofrey ^a   Masalu, Nestory ^b   Ssentongo, Robert ^d   Gilyoma, Japhet M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Allied Sciences Bugando   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Clinicopathological pattern; Marjolin's ulcers; Tanzania; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CASE STUDY; CHILD; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARJOLIN ULCER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WIDE EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; SKIN ULCER; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856984088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-38     Document Type: Article

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