Accuracy in skin cancer diagnosis: A retrospective study of an Australian public hospital dermatology department

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-117

  Rolfe, Heidi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

accuracy; diagnosis; melanoma; naevi; number needed to treat; ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861097969     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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