Malignant melanoma in the Czech republic: Incidence and mortality according to sex, Age and disease stage

Biomedical Papers

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 438-446

  Vranova, Jana ^a   Arenbergerova, Monika ^a   Arenberger, Petr ^a   Vrana, Antonin ^a   Zivcak, Jozef ^b   Kolarova, Hana ^c   Rosina, Jozef ^a,d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KO ICE   (Slovakia)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Cutaneous melanoma; Estimated annual percentage change; Incidence; Mortality; Prevention campaign; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CZECH REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84907660341     PISSN: 12138118     EISSN: 18047521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/bp.2012.081     Document Type: Article

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