A strategy for the successful management of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 80-84

  Goldberg, Carolyn ^a   Hoang, Don ^a   McRae, Matthew ^a   Chung, Connie ^b   Leffell, David J ^a   Narayan, Deepak ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Management algorithm; Mohs microscopic surgery; Surgical excision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CHEMOSURGERY; CHILD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND CLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927109994     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182898692     Document Type: Article

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