CC BY-NC 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2012; 39(02): 166-170
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2012.39.2.166
Continuing Medical Education

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Seum Chung
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After reviewing this article on basal cell carcinoma, the reader should be able to

  1. Review the epidemiology and causes

  2. Describe the common clinical findings and classification

  3. Describe treatment methods

  4. Discuss the prognosis



Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 09. Februar 2012

Angenommen: 17. Februar 2012

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
24. April 2022

© 2012. The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, permitting unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

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