Marital status and stage at diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1984-1993

  McLaughlin, John M ^a,b   Fisher, James L ^a   Paskett, Electra D ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

late stage; marital status; melanoma; SEER; single individuals; stage at diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SEER PROGRAM; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955434122     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25726     Document Type: Article

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