Population-based estimates of the occurrence of multiple vs first primary basal cell carcinomas in 4 European regions

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-354

  De Vries, Esther ^a   Micallef, Rita ^b   Brewster, David H ^c   Gibbs, James H ^d   Flohil, Sophie C ^a   Saksela, Olli ^e   Sankila, Risto ^f   Forrest, Alasdair D ^d   Trakatelli, Myrto ^g   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,h   Proby, Charlotte M ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Malta National Cancer Registry   (Malta)

^c INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^h The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858712336     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.2244     Document Type: Article

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