High incidence of second basal cell skin cancers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1505-1507

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Registre Neuchatelois des Tumeurs   (Switzerland)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Multiple tumors; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33747510756     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22000     Document Type: Article

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