Clinical-pathological features of cutaneous melanomas diagnosed in a mediterranean tertiary hospital between 1990 and 2004: A comparison between sexes and age groups and analysis of long-term outcomes;Características clínico-patológicas de los melanomas cutáneos diagnosticados en un hospital terciario mediterráneo entre 1990 y 2004: comparación entre sexos, por grupos de edad y evolución a lo largo del tiempo

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 476-485

  Arranz Sanchez D M ^a   Pizarro, A ^b   Valencia Delfa, J L ^c   Villeta Lopez M ^c   Gonzalez Beato M J ^b   Mayor Arenal, M ^b   Casado Jimenez M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Epidemiology; Mediterranean population.; Melanoma; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SPAIN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THICKNESS; TRUNK; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749084237     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: 15782190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-7310(09)71594-7     Document Type: Article

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