An objective measure of growth rate using partial biopsy specimens of melanomas that were initially misdiagnosed

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 691-697

  Lin, Matthew J ^a   Mar, Victoria ^a,b   McLean, Catriona ^a   Kelly, John W ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Misdiagnosis; Rate of growth; Tumor kinetics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMELANOSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA GROWTH RATE; MITOSIS RATE; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DISEASE COURSE; FACTUAL DATABASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RATE OF GROWTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR; TIME; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR KINETICS;

MELANOMA; MISDIAGNOSIS; RATE OF GROWTH; TUMOR KINETICS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84910111243     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.04.068     Document Type: Article

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