Noninvasive diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer: Focus on reflectance confocal microscopy

Expert Review of Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 557-567

  Ulrich, Martina ^a   Astner, Susanne ^a   Stockfleth, Eggert ^a   Röwert Huber, Joachim ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; Basal cell carcinoma; Diagnosis; Non melanoma skin cancer; Reflectance confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EX VIVO STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFILTRATIVE BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NODULAR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PIGMENTED BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPERFICIAL BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 55249114176     PISSN: 17469872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17469872.3.5.557     Document Type: Review

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