Can ultraviolet erythema be used to identify the basal cell carcinoma phenotype?

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Since a prolonged duration of a strong UVB erythema has been suggested as a marker for propensity to develop skin cancer, we objectively followed the duration and intensity of erythemas induced by UVB and UVA radiation for 28 days in 18 patients with basal cell carcinoma (BCC), and in 15 healthy controls using reflectance spectrophotometry. The erythema index, defined as the difference in redness between...

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