Cancer Institute A national cancer institute
designated cancer center

Susan Swetter, M.D.

Publication Details

  • Behavioral determinants of successful early melanoma detection: role of self and physician skin examination.

    Swetter SM, Pollitt RA, Johnson TM, Brooks DR, Geller AC. Cancer. 2012; 118 (15): 3725-34

    Reduced melanoma mortality should result from an improved understanding of modifiable factors related to early detection. The authors of this report surveyed newly diagnosed patients to identify differences in prediagnosis behavioral and medical care factors associated with thinner versus thicker melanoma.

    PubMedID: 22179848

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