It's time for "keratinocyte carcinoma" to replace the term "nonmelanoma skin cancer"

Affiliations

¹ Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
² Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Dermatology, Denver Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Denver, Colorado.
⁴ Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Dermatology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island; Departments of Dermatology and Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Electronic address: martin_weinstock_md@brown.edu.

Editorial

Chante Karimkhani et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2015 Jan.

. 2015 Jan;72(1):186-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.09.036.

¹ Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
² Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Dermatology, Denver Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Denver, Colorado.
⁴ Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Dermatology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island; Departments of Dermatology and Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Electronic address: martin_weinstock_md@brown.edu.

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Keywords: basal cell carcinoma; keratinocyte cancer; nonmelanoma skin cancer; public health; squamous cell carcinoma; terminology.

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