Role of age and sex in the diagnosis of early-stage malignant melanoma: A cross-sectional study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 940-942

  Moreno Ramírez, David ^a   Ojeda Vila, Teresa ^a   Ríos Martín, Juan J ^a   Nieto García, Adoración ^b   Ferrándiz, Lara ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Early stage malignant melanoma; Malignant melanoma; Prognostic predictors; Sex; Thin melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRESLOW THICKNESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY CANCER; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944714594     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2115     Document Type: Article

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