Geographic disparities in diagnostic screening for metastatic uveal melanoma

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2254-2258

  Gombos, Dan S ^a,b   Van Quill, Kurtis R ^b   Uusitalo, Marita ^b,c   O'Brien, Joan M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d 10 Koret Way Rm K 301 B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; UVEA MELANOMA;

EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NORTH AMERICA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 9644268932     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.06.022     Document Type: Article

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