Thick melanoma: The challenge persists

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 104-109

  Murray, C S ^a   Stockton, D L ^b   Doherty, V R ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Patient characteristics; Thick melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; CANCER PATIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13244275258     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06409.x     Document Type: Article

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