Pediatric melanoma: Results of a large cohort study and proposal for modified ABCD detection criteria for children

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 913-925

  Cordoro, Kelly M ^a,b   Gupta, Deepti ^a   Frieden, Ilona J ^a,b   McCalmont, Timothy ^a,b   Kashani Sabet, Mohammed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ABCDE; amelanotic; childhood melanoma; melanocytic tumor of uncertain malignant potential; pediatric melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ABBREVIATIONS AS TOPIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877809180     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.12.953     Document Type: Article

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