Successful treatment of two invasive squamous cell carcinomas with topical 5% imiquimod cream in elderly patients

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 579-580

  Tiodorovic Zivkovic, Danica ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^b   Longo, Caterina ^c   De Pace, Barbara ^c   Albertini, Giuseppe ^c   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Dermatology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSAGE FORMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865400105     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2012.1771     Document Type: Article

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