Reliability and Validity of a Histologic Score as a Marker for Skin Cancer Chemoprevention Studies

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 285-292

  Bozzo, Paul ^g   Saboda, Kathylynn ^a   Einspahr, Janine G ^b   Ranger Moore, James ^c   Farmer, Evan R ^d   Cockerell, Clay J ^e   Elder, David E ^f   Bangert, Jerry L ^g   Hart, Nancy ^a   Kramer, Cheryl B ^a   Alberts, David S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; Chemoprevention; Histology; Keratosis; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOPSY; CHEMOPREVENTION; COLLAGEN; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION INJURIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 12444281701     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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