Prevention of malignant melanoma

Hippokratia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-21

  Chaidemenos, G ^a   Stratigos, A ^b   Papakonstantinou, M ^c   Tsatsou, F ^d  

^a State Hosp of Skin/Venereal Dis   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Department of Dermatology and Immunology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Nevus; Prevention

Indexed keywords

MEVINOLIN; SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DNA DAMAGE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EYE PROTECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SPECTACLES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 39449138761     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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