Review and Update on Evidence-Based Surgical Treatment Recommendations for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer

Megan E Shelton1, Adewole S Adamson1

  • 1Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, 1601 Trinity Street, Building B, Stop Z0900, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

Dermatologic Clinics
|August 31, 2019
PubMed

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