Shedding new light on actinic keratoses and squamous cell carcinoma in situ

Amor Khachemoune; Hui Yu Juan; Rohan Singh

doi:10.1097/01.JAA.0000995696.23729.37

Shedding new light on actinic keratoses and squamous cell carcinoma in situ

JAAPA. 2024 Jan 1;37(1):1-6. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000995696.23729.37.

Authors

Amor Khachemoune¹, Hui Yu Juan, Rohan Singh

Affiliation

¹ Amor Khachemoune practices at the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center and SUNY Downstate's Department of Dermatology, also in Brooklyn, N.Y. Hui Yu Juan is a fourth-year medical student at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, Va. At the time this article was written, Rohan Singh was a third-year medical student at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md. Dr. Singh now is a first-year resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center's Department of Internal Medicine. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

PMID: 38128142
DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000995696.23729.37

Abstract

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma can arise from various premalignant lesions such as actinic keratosis, Bowen disease, and premalignant genital squamous cell lesions. Identification and treatment can prevent malignant transformation and death. This article describes the causes, epidemiology, and characteristics of suspicious premalignant squamous cell lesions so that clinicians can identify these lesions and refer patients for specialist treatment as appropriate.

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* / epidemiology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* / etiology
Humans
Keratosis, Actinic* / diagnosis
Keratosis, Actinic* / epidemiology
Keratosis, Actinic* / therapy
Skin Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Skin Neoplasms* / etiology