High constant incidence rates of second cutaneous melanomas

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 877-879

  Levi, Fabio ^a,b,c   Randimbison, Lalao ^a   Te, Van Cong ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Cancer Registry of the Canton of Neuchatel   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Incidence; Malignant melanoma; Multiple tumors; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SWITZERLAND;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 27744522710     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21262     Document Type: Article

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