Point: Care of potential low-risk basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) at the end of life: The key role of the dermatologist

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 158-161

  Linos, Eleni ^a   Berger, Timothy ^a,b   Chren, Mary Margaret ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; elders; end of life; skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COMORBIDITY; DERMATOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW RISK PATIENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINAL CARE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMATOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84937872655     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.02.005     Document Type: Editorial

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