Variation in the depth of excision of melanoma: A survey of US physicians

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 995-999

  DeFazio, Jennifer L ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Pan, Yan ^b   Dusza, Stephen William ^a   Khokhar, Amrita ^c   Halpern, Allan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Victorian Melanoma Service   (Australia)

^c Victorian Melanoma Service The Alfred ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MELANOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN SURGERY; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; TUMOR INVASION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DERMATOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957124958     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.156     Document Type: Article

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