Treatment delay in cutaneous malignant melanoma: From first contact to definitive treatment

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 345-351

  Murchie, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health policy; Malignant melanoma; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SKIN BIOPSY; THERAPY DELAY; TIME;

EID: 38049186748     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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