A Novel Actinic Keratosis Field Assessment Scale for Grading Actinic Keratosis Disease Severity

• Main Authors: Brigitte Dréno (Author), Rino Cerio (Author), Thomas Dirschka (Author), Ignasi Figueras Nart (Author), John T. Lear (Author), Ketty Peris (Author), Andrés Ruiz de Casas (Author), Shaniko Kaleci (Author), Giovanni Pellacani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Journals Sweden, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Actinic keratosis (AK) lesions are surrounded by field cancerization (areas of subclinical, non-visible sun damage). Existing AK grading tools rely on AK counts, which are not reproducible. An Actinic Keratosis Field Assessment Scale (AK-FAS) for grading the severity of AK/field was developed. Stand...