Diagnostic and referral accuracy of family doctors in melanoma screening: Effect of a short formal training

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-55

  Carli, P ^a   De Giorgi, V ^a   Crocetti, E ^b   Caldini, L ^c   Ressel, C ^c   Giannotti, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Family doctors; General practitioner; Melanoma; Screening; Skin; Skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR LESION;

DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 15444372043     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200502000-00007     Document Type: Article

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