Delay in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma: An analysis of 233 patients

Melanoma Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 389-394

  Schmid Wendtner, M H ^a   Baumert, J ^a   Stange, J ^a   Volkenandt, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cutaneous melanoma; Delay in diagnosis; Epidemiology; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MELANOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036021015     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200208000-00012     Document Type: Article

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