Melanoma Early Detection

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 481-500

  Terushkin, Vitaly ^a   Halpern, Allan C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Detection; Diagnosis; Melanoma; Photography

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHOTOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65649118620     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2009.03.001     Document Type: Review

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