Basal cell carcinoma of the head region: Therapeutical results of 350 lesions treated with Mohs micrographic surgery

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 838-843

  Veronese, F ^a   Farinelli, P ^a   Zavattaro, E ^a   Zuccoli, R ^a   Bonvini, D ^a   Leigheb, G ^a   Colombo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOSURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862762981     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04165.x     Document Type: Article

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