Are there sufficient numbers of low-risk basal cell carcinomas to justify general practitioners (family physicians) carrying out basal cell carcinoma surgery?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 138-141

  Fremlin, Georgina A ^a   Gomez, P ^b   Halpern, J ^a,b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; EXCISION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84960288526     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ced.12718     Document Type: Article

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