Metamorphosis of melanoma. Trends in size and thickness of cutaneous melanoma over one decade at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan

Tumori

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-13

  Bono, Aldo ^a   Tolomio, Elena ^a   Bartoli, Cesare ^a   Carbone, Antonino ^a   Tomatis, Stefano ^a   Zurrida, Stefano ^b   Santinami, Mario ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Melanoma; Size; Small melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MELANOMA; METAMORPHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 41749118904     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400103     Document Type: Article

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