Rate and Proportion of Malignant Skin Biopsies for Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma on the Face and Ears After a Single Course of Topical 5-Fluorouracil: The Veterans Affairs Keratinocyte Carcinoma Chemoprevention Trial

Alexander D Means; Nicholas F Leader; Julia A Siegel; Sarah T Arron; Joanna L Walker; Hyemin Pomerantz; Meghan Beatson; Martin A Weinstock

doi:10.1097/DSS.0000000000002437

Rate and Proportion of Malignant Skin Biopsies for Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma on the Face and Ears After a Single Course of Topical 5-Fluorouracil: The Veterans Affairs Keratinocyte Carcinoma Chemoprevention Trial

Dermatol Surg. 2021 Apr 1;47(4):541-543. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000002437.

Authors

Alexander D Means^{1

2

3}, Nicholas F Leader^{2

3

4}, Julia A Siegel^{2

3}, Sarah T Arron⁵, Joanna L Walker^{2

3}, Hyemin Pomerantz^{2

3}, Meghan Beatson^{2

3

6}, Martin A Weinstock^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
² Center for Dermatoepidemiology-111D, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ Department of Dermatology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
⁴ Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, California.
⁶ George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.

PMID: 33795573
DOI: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000002437

No abstract available

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Administration, Topical
Aged
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
Biopsy
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / pathology
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / prevention & control*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / prevention & control*
Chemoprevention
Ear Neoplasms / pathology
Ear Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Ear, External
Facial Neoplasms / pathology
Facial Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Fluorouracil / administration & dosage*
Humans
Keratosis, Actinic / drug therapy*
United States
Veterans

Substances

Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Fluorouracil