Suboptimal skin cancer screening and delayed melanoma diagnosis in hispanics

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 745-746

  Hu, Shasa ^a   Kirsner, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959412744     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.141     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Hu S, Parmet Y, Allen G, et al. Disparity in melanoma: a trend analysis of melanoma incidence and stage at diagnosis among whites, Hispanics, and blacks in Florida. Arch Dermatol. 2009;145(12):1369-1374.
2. Ma F, Collado-Mesa F, Hu S, Kirsner RS. Skin cancer awareness and sun protection behaviors in white Hispanic and white non-Hispanic high school students in Miami, Florida. Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(8):983-988.