The management of primary cutaneous melanoma in Victoria in 1996 and 2000

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 511-514

  Kelly, John W ^a   Henderson, Michael A ^b   Thursfield, Vicky J ^c   Slavin, John ^d   Ainslie, Jill ^b   Giles, Graham G ^c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PUBLICATION; RANDOM SAMPLE; SKIN BIOPSY; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38449107918     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01392.x     Document Type: Article

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