Awareness and early detection of cutaneous melanoma: an analysis of factors related to delay in treatment
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 141 (5) , 783-787
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03196.x
Abstract
Factors associated with the detection of cutaneous melanomas and reasons for delay in diagnosis were investigated in 429 patients with histologically proven melanoma operated on between January 1993 ...Keywords
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