Is training patients in self-examination an effective way to screen for melanoma?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 336-337

  Collins, Margaret ^a   Kelsberg, Gary ^a   Safranek, Sarah ^b   Van Durme, Daniel J ^c  

^a Valley Family Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NOTE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RISK REDUCTION; SELF EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; RISK FACTORS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43449134683     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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