Solar (actinic) keratosis is squamous cell carcinoma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-22

  Ackerman, A B ^a   Mones, J M ^a  

^a ACKERMAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P63; TUMOR MARKER;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BENIGN TUMOR; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; DERMATOLOGY; DESICCATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EPIDERMIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE MUTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INVOLUTION; KERATINOCYTE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED; BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 33745010916     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.07121.x     Document Type: Review

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