Time to diagnosis of melanoma: Same trend in different continents

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 137-144

  Blum, Andreas ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Ingvar, Christian ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Avramidis, Michelle ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   von Kannen, Andreas ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Menzies, Scott W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Olsson, Håkan ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Rezze, Gisele G ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Wennberg, Ann Marie ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Westerhoff, Karin ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Lund University Hospital ^*

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^g SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h Skövde Hospital   (Sweden)

ⁱ NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MELANOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EXAMINATION; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TUMOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38449089989     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2007.00023     Document Type: Article

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