Clinical whole-body skin examination reduces the incidence of thick melanomas

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 450-458

  Aitken, Joanne F ^a,b   Elwood, Mark ^c   Baade, Peter D ^a,d   Youl, Philippa ^a   English, Dallas ^e,f  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN EXAMINATION; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUEENSLAND; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549120627     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24747     Document Type: Article

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