Melanoma screening clinics: Are we detecting more melanomas or reassuring the worried well?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 539-541

  Weatherhead, S C ^a   Lawrence, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breslow thickness; Detection; Melanoma; Prognosis; Public health; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644889372     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.07108.x     Document Type: Article

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