Cutaneous melanoma in Iceland: Changing Breslow's tumour thickness

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 346-352

  Stefansson, H ^a,b,c   Tryggvadottir, L ^a,c   Olafsdottir, E J ^c   Mooney, E ^d   Olafsson, J H ^a,e   Sigurgeirsson, B ^a,e   Jonasson, J G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^d Laekning Lagmula   (Iceland)

^e Hudlaeknastodin   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; INCIDENCE; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84921604252     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12552     Document Type: Article

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