Utilization and rationale for the implementation of total body (digital) photography as an adjunct screening measure for melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 417-421

  Rice, Zakiya P ^a   Weiss, Francesca J ^a   Delong, Laura K ^a   Curiel Lewandrowski, Clara ^c   Chen, Suephy C ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

atypical mole syndrome; melanoma; pigmented lesion clinic; total body digital photography; total body photography

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL BODY DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; TOTAL BODY PHOTOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RATIONALIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 77957604759     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e32833d327b     Document Type: Article

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