Addressing overdiagnosis and overtreatment in cancer

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Coldiron, Brett M ^a   Mellette, J Ramsey ^b   Hruza, George J ^c   Helm, Thomas N ^d   Garcia, Carlos A ^e  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY   (United States)

^b American College of Mohs Surgery   (United States)

^c American Society for Dermatologic Surgery   (United States)

^d American Society of Dermatopathology   (United States)

^e American Society for Mohs Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SCREENING; DERMATOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MELANOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR INVASION; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903478139     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)70295-5     Document Type: Letter

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