How good are skin cancer clinics at melanoma detection? Number needed to treat variability across a national clinic group in Australia

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 599-604

  Hansen, Craig ^a   Wilkinson, David ^a   Hansen, Mary ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

melanoma; number needed to treat; skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MELANOMA; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SHOULDER; SKIN CANCER; TRUNK;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69949165797     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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