Accuracy of malignant melanoma detection in the community

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-169

  Klein, Doron ^a   Westreich, Melvyn ^a   Shalom, Avshalom ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community; Detection; Diagnosis; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAREGIVER; DERMATOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84869035680     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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