Risk of internal cancer after diagnosis of skin cancer depends on latiude, smoking status and type of skin cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1741-1742

  Grant, William B ^a  

^a Sunlight   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BODY SURFACE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DENMARK; ELASTOSIS; FINLAND; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTESTINE CANCER; LATITUDE; LETTER; LIGHT; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; SECOND CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING HABIT; SOLAR RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SMOKING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING;

EID: 61449244723     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24103     Document Type: Letter

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