Retinoids in prevention of skin cancer

Cancer Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 203-205

  Moon, Thomas E ^a   Levine, Norman ^b   Cartmel, Brenda ^c   Bangert, Jerry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevention; Retinoids; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN; PLACEBO; RETINOID;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; RETINOIDS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0030894189     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)04663-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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