Incidence and survival in patients with cutaneous melanoma by morphology, anatomical site and TNM stage: A danish population-based register study 1989-2011

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Bay, Christiane ^a,b   Kejs, Anne Mette Tranberg ^a   Storm, Hans H ^a   Engholm, Gerda ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer register; Epidemiology; Incidence; Melanoma; Risk factors; Superficial spreading morphology; Survival; Time trends; TNM stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DEATH; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; TRUNK; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENMARK; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925146991     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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