Later stage at diagnosis and worse survival in cutaneous malignant melanoma among men living alone: A nationwide population-based study from Sweden

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1356-1364

  Eriksson, Hanna ^a   Lyth, Johan ^b,c   Månsson Brahme, Eva ^a   Frohm Nilsson, Margareta ^a   Ingvar, Christian ^d   Lindholm, Christer ^b   Naredi, Peter ^e   Stierner, Ulrika ^f   Carstensen, John ^c   Hansson, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHABITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT MELANOMA; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; CANCER STAGING; FAMILY SIZE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; SINGLE PERSON; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902593641     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.52.7564     Document Type: Article

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