The study of nevi in children: Principles learned and implications for melanoma diagnosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 813-823

  Scope, Alon ^a,b   Marchetti, Michael A ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Dusza, Stephen W ^a   Geller, Alan C ^c   Satagopan, Jaya M ^a   Weinstock, Martin A ^d,e,f   Berwick, Marianne ^g   Halpern, Allan C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; childhood; dermoscopy; detection; melanoma; nevi; nevogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84995676443     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.03.027     Document Type: Review

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