Incidence Estimate of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer (Keratinocyte Carcinomas) in the US Population, 2012

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Understanding skin cancer incidence is critical for planning prevention and treatment strategies and allocating medical resources. However, owing to lack of national reporting and previously nonspecific diagnosis classification, accurate measurement of the US incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) has been difficult.

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Title: JAMA Dermatology

Abbreviated Title: JAMA Dermatol

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Print): 2168-6068

Publication date Created: October 01 2015

Publication date (Print): October 01 2015

Volume: 151

Issue: 10

Page: 1081

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[1 ]Advanced Dermatology, Norwich, Connecticut

[2 ]Department of Dermatology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island3Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island4Center for Dermatoepidemiology, VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island5Department of Dermatology Rhode Island

[3 ]Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

[4 ]Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

Article

DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.1187

PubMed ID: 25928283

SO-VID: 5881a06c-15c7-4c1f-9ceb-e8da4827bad4

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