Melanoma surveillance in "high-risk" individuals

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 815-816

  Halpern, Allan C ^a   Marchetti, Michael A ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; TOTAL BODY PHOTOGRAPHY; TUMOR INVASION;

DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84906731972     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.513     Document Type: Editorial

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