Screening and surveillance of patients at high risk for malignant melanoma result in detection of earlier disease

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 1042-1048

  Masri, Gayle D ^a   Clark, Wallace H ^a   Guerry, DuPont ^a   Halpern, Allan ^a   Thompson, C Jean ^a   Elder, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0025277124     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0190-9622(90)70149-C     Document Type: Article

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