Supplement Individual Article: NECOM Skincare Algorithm for Patients With Cancer and Survivors

January 2023 | Volume 22 | Issue 1 | 3595573 | Copyright © January 2023


Published online January 1, 2023

Ada Girnita MD PhDa, Peter Bjerring MD PhD FEADVb, Sampsa Kauppi MDc, Charles W. Lynde MD FRCPCd, Maxwell B. Sauder MD FRCPC DABDe, Anneke Andriessen PhDf

aSkin Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
bDepartment of Dermatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
cPrivate practice, Terveystalo and Epilaser Oy, Finland
dDepartment of Medicine University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Lynderm Research, Markham, ON, Canada
ePrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
fRadboud UMC, Nijmegen and Andriessen Consultants, Malden, The Netherlands

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Anneke Andriessen PhD anneke.a@tiscali.nl