Metastatic basal cell carcinoma: Prognosis dependent on anatomic site and spread of disease

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 774-783

  McCusker, Margaret ^a   Basset Seguin, Nicole ^b   Dummer, Reinhard ^c   Lewis, Karl ^d   Schadendorf, Dirk ^e   Sekulic, Aleksandar ^f   Hou, Jeannie ^a   Wang, Lisa ^a   Yue, Huibin ^a   Hauschild, Axel ^g  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, basal cell secondary; Epidemiology; Neoplasm metastasis; Skin neoplasms pathology; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL/SECONDARY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS/PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84894065660     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.12.013     Document Type: Review

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