Incompletely excised basal cell carcinoma: Residual tumor rates at mohs re-excision

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 706-718

  Palmer, Vanessa M ^a   Wilson, Perry R ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Toowoomba Eye and Skin Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SEX; SKIN FLAP; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84877765094     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dsu.12113     Document Type: Article

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