Skin cancer: Prevalence, prevention and treatment

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-334

  Sharpe, Graham ^a,b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Broadgreen Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; IMIQUIMOD; SUNSCREEN;

APPLICATION SITE REACTION; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CRYOTHERAPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MELANOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33748084713     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-4-333     Document Type: Editorial

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