Melanoma early detection and awareness: How countries developing melanoma awareness programs could benefit from melanoma-proficient countries

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-43

  Wainstein, Alberto ^a   Algarra, Salvador Martin ^b   Bastholt, Lars ^c   Cinat, Gabriela ^d   Demidov, Lev ^e   Grob, Jean Jacques ^f   Guo, Jun ^g   Hersey, Peter ^h   Espinosa, Enrique ⁱ   Schachter, Jacob ^j   Whitaker, Dagmar ^k   Quirt, Ian ^l   Hauschild, Axel ^m   Rutkowski, Piotr ⁿ  

^a Belo Horizonte MG Brasil   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Instituto de Oncologia Angel H Roffo   (Argentina)

^e N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^f HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^j SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^k Melanoma Advisory Board South Africa   (South Africa)

^l PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

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Author keywords

cancer prevention; Melanoma; melanoma awareness; melanoma detection; melanoma education

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BRAZIL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84921436111     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: 15363686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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