Patients' perspectives of long-term follow-up for localised cutaneous melanoma

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-303

  Morton, R L ^a   Rychetnik, L ^a   McCaffery, K ^a   Thompson, J F ^b,c   Irwig, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Early detection of cancer; Follow up studies; Melanoma; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN EXAMINATION; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84874107434     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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