Season of diagnosis has no effect on survival from malignant melanoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 488-490

  Jayasekara, Harindra ^a,b   Karahalios, Emily ^b   Thursfield, Vicky ^b   Giles, Graham G ^a,b   English, Dallas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Malignant melanoma; Season; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTUMN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; THICKNESS; WINTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; SEASON; SKIN TUMOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEASONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VICTORIA;

EID: 67449097426     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24368     Document Type: Article

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