title: Diameter of dysplastic nevi is a more robust biomarker of increased melanoma risk than degree of histologic dysplasia: a case-control study.
authors.affiliation: Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Dermatology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Michael Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Rabkin Dermatopathology Laboratory PC, Tarentum, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: msrabkin@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rabkin
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine/Dermatology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Piepkorn
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Raymond L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Barnhill
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine/Dermatology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Argenyi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guitart
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.affiliation: Sand Section of Dermatology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Shea
authors.affiliation: Calgary Laboratory Services, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada.
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Trotter
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, VA Boston Health Care System, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lew
authors.affiliation: Dermatoepidemiology Unit, VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Dermatology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Dermatology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Martin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Weinstock
mesh_terms: D004416:Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology*