Surveillance of patients for early detection of melanoma: Patterns in dermatologist vs patient discovery

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 673-678

  McGuire, Sean T ^a   Secrest, Aaron M ^b   Andrulonis, Ryan ^a   Ferris, Laura K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; DERMATOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959405668     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.135     Document Type: Article

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