No End in Sight: The Skin Cancer Epidemic Continues

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-5

  Donaldson, Matthew R ^a   Coldiron, Brett M ^a,b  

^a Skin Cancer Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; UNITED STATES;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955402379     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2011.01.002     Document Type: Review

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