Asymmetric lateral distribution of melanoma and Merkel cell carcinoma in the United States

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-39

  Paulson, Kelly G ^a   Iyer, Jayasri G ^a   Nghiem, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

asymmetric; automobile; melanoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; presentation; ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79958776907     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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