Giant basal cell carcinoma of the skin: Literature review and personal experience

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 942-952

  Zoccali, G ^a   Pajand, R ^a   Papa, P ^a   Orsini, G ^a   Lomartire, N ^a   Giuliani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CETUXIMAB; CHROMOMYCIN A3; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DACTINOMYCIN; FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; METHOTREXATE; PLATINUM; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VINCRISTINE; VISMODEGIB;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DRUG MECHANISM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; GIANT BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; GIANT CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864277895     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04427.x     Document Type: Review

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