Melanoma patients receive more follow-up care than current guideline recommendations: A study of 546 patients from the general Dutch population

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1389-1395

  Holterhues, C ^a   Van De Poll Franse, L V ^b,c   De Vries, E ^a   Neumann, H A M ^a   Nijsten, T E C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; FOLLOW UP; MELANOMA; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867571073     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04297.x     Document Type: Article

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