Redefining the number needed to excise

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 310-312

  Chen, Lucy ^a   Dusza, Stephen ^a   Grazzini, Marta ^b   Blum, Andreas ^c   Marghoob, Ashfaq ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Public Private and Teaching Practice of Dermatology   (Germany)

Author keywords

dermoscopy; melanoma; number need to excise; skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DERMATOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SURGERY;

DERMOSCOPY; MELANOMA; NUMBER NEED TO EXCISE; SKIN CANCER;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84886781100     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajd.12039     Document Type: Article

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