No evidence for increased skin cancer risk in Koreans with skin phototypes III-V treated with narrowband UVB phototherapy

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-43

  Jo, Seong Jin ^a   Kwon, Hyuck Hoon ^a   Choi, Mi Ra ^a   Youn, Jai Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asian; Korean; Narrowband UVB; Phototherapy; Skin neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NARROW BAND IMAGING; NORTH KOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 78751537177     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0995     Document Type: Article

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