The photocarcinogenic risk of narrowband UVB (TL-01) phototherapy: Early follow-up data

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 755-757

  Man, I ^a   Crombie, I K ^a   Dawe, R S ^a   Ibbotson, S H ^a   Ferguson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Cancer Registry; Cohort study; Malignant melanoma; Narrow band UVB (TL 01); Record linkage; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 17644376867     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06537.x     Document Type: Article

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