Total body skin examination for skin cancer screening in patients with focused symptoms

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-219

  Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a,v   Zalaudek, Iris ^b   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^b   Bakos, Renato Marchiori ^c   Bergman, Wilma ^d   Blum, Andreas ^e   Broganelli, Paolo ^f   Cabo, Horacio ^g   Caltagirone, Filomena ^h   Catrical, Caterina ⁱ   Coppini, Maurizio ^j   Dewes, Lucas ^c   Francia, Maria Grazia ^k   Garrone, Alessandro ^f   Turk, Bengu Gerceker ^l   Ghigliotti, Giovanni ^m   Giacomel, Jason ⁿ   Gourhant, Jean Yves ^o   Hlavin, Gerald ^p   Kukutsch, Nicole ^d   Lipari, Dario ^h   Melchionda, Gennaro ^q   Ozdemir, Fezal ^l   Pellacani, Giovanni ^i,j   Pellicano, Riccardo ^q   Puig, Susana ^r   Scalvenzi, Massimiliano ^k   Sortino Rachou, Ana Maria ^s   Virgili, Anna Rosa ^t   Kittler, Harald ^u   more..

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Private and Teaching Practice of Dermatology   (Germany)

^f MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

ⁱ SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^l EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁿ Mends St Medical Centre   (Australia)

^o Centre de Dermatologie   (France)

^p MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^q CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^r HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^s Hospital 9 de Julho   (Brazil)

^t UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^u Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^v Dermatology Unit   (Italy)

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Author keywords

dermatoscopy; melanoma; nonmelanoma skin cancer; pigmented skin lesions; screening; total body skin examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN SKIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM; TOTAL BODY SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855859408     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.12.039     Document Type: Article

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