Skin cancer in the elderly - Epidemiological, clinical and surgical treatment analysis of 254 patients

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 407-410

  Sobjanek, Michał ^a   Michajłowski, Igor ^a   Malek, Marta ^a   Zabłotna, Monika ^a   Włodarkiewicz, Adam ^a   Nowicki, Roman ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Advanced aged patients; Skin malignancy; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BURN; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84871780630     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/pdia.2012.32386     Document Type: Article

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