Electrochemotherapy in non-melanoma head and neck skin cancers: A three-center experience and review of the literature

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 610-618

  Rotunno, Roberta ^a   Marenco, Federica ^b   Ribero, Simone ^b   Calvieri, Stefano ^a   Amerio, Paolo ^c   Curatolo, Pietro ^a   Quaglino, Pietro ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrochemotherapy; Electroporation; Head and neck neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84994791404     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: 18271820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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