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Geographic pathology of skin cancer
1Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
|March 19, 1999
Abstract
Background:
The development of knowledge concerning the role of sun exposure in causing skin cancer has been a gradual one.
Objective:
This article reviews the article by Urbach who used manikin coated with an ultraviolet dosimeter to see exactly where on the head and neck the exposure was greatest.
Conclusion:
Urbach showed that the areas of greatest sun exposure on his manikins corresponded with the location of 95% of squamous cell carcinoma and 66% of basal cell carcinoma. He also clearly showed the importance of scattered sky and reflected radiation.