A nationwide population-based skin cancer screening in Germany: Proceedings of the first meeting of the International Task Force on Skin Cancer Screening and Prevention (September 24 and 25, 2009)

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-358

  Geller, Alan C ^a   Greinert, Rüdiger ^b,j   Sinclair, Craig ^c,d,e   Weinstock, Martin A ^f   Aitken, Joanne ^h   Boniol, Mathieu ^b,i   Capellaro, Marcus ^j   Doré, Jean Francois ^k,l   Elwood, Mark ^m   Fletcher, Suzanne W ⁿ   Gallagher, Richard ^o   Gandini, Sara ^p   Halpern, Allan C ^q   Katalinic, Alexander ^g   Lucas, Robin ^r   Marghoob, Ashfag A ^q   Nolte, Sandra ^b   Schüz, Joachim ^s   Tucker, Margaret A ^t   Volkmer, Beate ^b,j   Breitbart, Eckhard ^b,j   more..

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Am Krankenhaus 1   (Germany)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Skin and Cancer Foundation   (Australia)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^h CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^j Association of Dermatological Prevention   (Germany)

^k CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^l INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^m BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

ⁿ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^q MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^r The Australian National University   (Australia)

^s INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^t NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cancer; Early detection; Germany; Melanoma; Screening; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; GERMANY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952241476     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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