## BACKGROUND. Rising health care costs have caused providers to question the benefit of regular follow-up after treatment for patients with early stage cutaneous melanoma. The authors hypothesized that routine reassessment and careful education of these patients would facilitate earlier diagnosis
Patient education and regular surveillance results in earlier diagnosis of second primary melanoma
โ Scribed by Annemarie Uliasz; Mark Lebwohl
- Book ID
- 110877981
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-9059
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