Melanoma: 1. Clinical characteristics

The disease is perhaps the clearest instance of a cancer for which early treatment is crucial. Increasing knowledge of risk factors (including brief, intense sun exposure and sunburn damage early in life) aids the identification of persons at highest risk--one reason for physicians not to be pessimi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hospital practice (1995) 1994-06, Vol.29 (6), p.37-50
Hauptverfasser:	Hoffman, S, Yohn, J, Robinson, W, Norris, D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Humans Melanoma - etiology Melanoma - pathology Melanoma - prevention & control Risk Factors Skin - pathology Skin Neoplasms - etiology Skin Neoplasms - pathology Skin Neoplasms - prevention & control
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Zusammenfassung:	The disease is perhaps the clearest instance of a cancer for which early treatment is crucial. Increasing knowledge of risk factors (including brief, intense sun exposure and sunburn damage early in life) aids the identification of persons at highest risk--one reason for physicians not to be pessimistic about the value of urging patients to limit their sun exposure.
ISSN:	8750-2836 2154-8331 2377-1003
DOI:	10.1080/21548331.1994.11443031