Conclusion

 
On the basis of all that is known currently, UVR has not been shown to be a major factor in the cause of BCC of any type.
Roni Dodiuk-Gad, M.D., is from the Department of Dermatology, Ha'emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel and Shadi Damanpour is at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA. A. Bernard Ackerman, M.D., is Director Emeritus of the Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology in New York City, where Dr. Dodiuk-Gad and Ms. Damanpour did an elective. This article was reviewed by Mihaela Costache, M.D., and Riccardo Borroni, M.D. Contact corresponding author via e-mail: abernard@ameripath.com.