Standard step sectioning of skin biopsy specimens diagnosed as superficial basal cell carcinoma frequently yields deeper and more aggressive subtypes

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 351-353.e3

  Nguyen, Kim P ^a   Knuiman, G Jimmy ^a   van Erp, Piet E J ^a   Blokx, Willeke A ^a   Peppelman, Malou ^a   Gerritsen, Marie Jeanne P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SUPERFICIAL BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 85021389125     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.09.028     Document Type: Article

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