Increased prevalence of left-sided skin cancers

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1006-1010

  Butler, Susan T ^a   Fosko, Scott W ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Left sided; Photodamage; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet A

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOSURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LEFT SIDED SKIN CANCER; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MALIGNANT MELANOMA IN SITU; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77958507039     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.11.032     Document Type: Article

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