Melanomas detected with the aid of total cutaneous photography

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 706-714

  Feit, N E ^a   Dusza, S W ^a   Marghoob, A A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Naevus; Pigmented lesions; Total cutaneous photography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2342649530     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0007-0963.2004.05892.x     Document Type: Article

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