Delayed treatment and inadequate surgical margins for invasive melanoma in elderly patients

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1158-

  Albertini, John G ^a   Countryman, Nicholas B ^b,c  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Indiana   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER SURGERY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MELANOMA; NOTE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; THERAPY DELAY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84885923126     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.4821     Document Type: Note

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