Sunscreen and melanoma: What is the evidence?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-250

  Gimotty, Phyllis A ^a   Glanz, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO; SUNSCREEN;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 79951968947     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.31.7529     Document Type: Editorial

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