Squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva: a series of 26 cases
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva: a series of 26 cases.
AIM To retrospectively study 26 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the ocular surface to determine pathological and clinical characteristics of tumour associated with outcome. METHODS Patients with conjunctival SCC from St Vincent's Hospital and the private ophthalmology practices of the authors were reviewed. RESULTS Patents were usually male (77%), elderly (69% > 60 years of a...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.2.168