Melanoma and Tumor Thickness
Archives of DermatologyPublished 1 March 1999
M.‐A. Richard, Jean‐Jacques Grob, M.-F. Avril, M. Delaunay, Xavier Thirion, P. Wolkenstein
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Poor prognosis can be accounted for by aggressive rapidly growing tumors rather than by delays, and campaigns for early diagnosis of melanoma may no longer have a major impact on prognosis, unless they are focused on subgroups less accessible to information and medical care.
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Poor prognosis can be accounted for by aggressive rapidly growing tumors rather than by delays. In well-informed populations, campaigns for early diagnosis of melanoma may thus no longer have a major impact on prognosis, unless they are focused on subgroups less accessible to information and medical care.
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