The thickness of melanomas has decreased in central Italy, but only for thin melanomas, while thick melanomas are as thick as in the past

Melanoma Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 422-426

  Crocetti, Emanuele ^a   Caldarella, Adele ^a   Chiarugi, Alessandra ^a   Nardini, Paolo ^a   Zappa, Marco ^a  

^a ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

cancer registry; epidemiology; incidence; melanoma; population based; thickness; time trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REGISTRIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957607061     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e32833d9d36     Document Type: Article

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