Melanoma: Differences between asian and caucasian patients

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-20

  Lee, Haur Yueh ^a   Chay, Wen Yee ^b   Tang, Mark By ^c   Chio, Martin Tw ^c   Tan, Suat Hoon ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acral; Pigmented lesions; Singapore; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ACRAL LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRESLOW TUMOR THICKNESS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; SUPERFICIAL SPREADING MELANOMA;

EID: 84863055502     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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