Second primary cancers in patients with skin cancer: A population-based study in Northern Ireland

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-177

  Cantwell, M M ^a   Murray, L J ^a   Catney, D ^a   Donnelly, D ^a   Autier, P ^b   Boniol, M ^b   Fox, C ^a   Middleton, R J ^a   Dolan, O M ^c   Gavin, A T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell; Melanoma; Skin cancer; Squamous cell

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D;

EID: 58149218335     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604842     Document Type: Article

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