Nodular type and older age as the most significant associations of thick melanoma in Victoria, Australia

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 609-614

  Chamberlain, Alexander J ^a,e   Fritschi, Lin ^b,f   Giles, Graham G ^d   Dowling, John P ^a,c   Kelly, John W ^a  

^a Victorian Melanoma Service   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^e CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NODULE; THICKNESS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036578668     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.138.5.609     Document Type: Article

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