Basal cell carcinomas without histological confirmation and their treatment: An audit in four European regions

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 167, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 22-28

  Flohil, S C ^a   Proby, C M ^b   Forrest, A D ^b   Van Tiel, S ^a   Saksela, O ^c   Pitkanen S ^c   Ahti, T ^c   Micallef, R ^d   De Vries, E ^a,e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Malta National Cancer Registry   (Malta)

^e Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; RETINOIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CRYOTHERAPY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; NETHERLANDS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864967389     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11083.x     Document Type: Article

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