Melanoma incidence rises for children and adolescents: An epidemiologic review of pediatric melanoma in the United States

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2207-2213

  Austin, Mary T ^a,b   Xing, Yan ^a   Hayes Jordan, Andrea A ^a,b   Lally, Kevin P ^a,b   Cormier, Janice N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age based differences; Incidence; Pediatric melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

AGE-BASED DIFFERENCES; INCIDENCE; PEDIATRIC MELANOMA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887577370     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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