Is skin self-examination for cutaneous melanoma detection still adequate? A retrospective study

Dermatology

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-36

  De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a   Grazzini, Marta ^a   Rossari, Susanna ^a   Gori, Alessia ^a   Papi, Federica ^a   Scarfi, Federica ^a   Savarese, Imma ^a   Gandini, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABCD rule; Melanoma; Screening; Skin self examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGIST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INJURY; SPOUSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867747507     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339774     Document Type: Article

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