Single institution experience of paediatric melanoma in Victoria, Australia

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 117-121

  Le, Quynh ^a   Norris, Diana ^a   McClean, Catriona A ^a,b   Mcguiness, Myra ^b   Meani, Rowena ^a   Kelly, John W ^a,b   Pan, Yan ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

melanoma; paediatric; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018667258     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajd.12436     Document Type: Article

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