Invasive cutaneous melanoma in the Netherlands, 1989-1990

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-74

  Tersmette, A C ^a,b   Coebergh, J W W ^a,b   Casparie van Velsen, I J A ^c   Ruiter, D J ^b,c   Van Der Rhee, H J ^a,b   Welvaart, K ^a,b  

^a Integraal Kankercentrum West   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Natl Pathol Computerized Archives   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incidence; Invasive cutaneous melanoma; Mortality; Site; Tumour thickness

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030047088     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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