Review Article

The Use of BEREP4 Immunohistochemistry Staining for Detection of Basal Cell Carcinoma

Table 2

Sensitivity and specificity of BerEP4 in differentiating BCC with the epithelial disorders below as control.

Epithelial skin disorderSensitivity (%)Specificity (%)

Actinic keratosis100 [36]100 [36]
100 [24]100 [24]
Seborrheic keratosis97 [35]100 [35]
100 [24]100 [24]
Poroma [35]97100
Lichen planus like keratosis [24]100100
Nevi [24]100100
Hemangioma [24]100100
Inverted follicular keratosis [24]100100
Squamous intraepithelial neoplasia (SIN) [36]100100
Sebaceous adenoma/hyperplasia [24]10083.3