Table 1.

Details of the irradiation given to patients with basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and normal controls (NC)

NC/BCC	Number	Time (hours)	MED	Av. Mj/cm2	p Value
NC	3	4.5	3	860	0.399
BCC	2	4.5	3	720
NC	4	9	3	720	0.147
BCC	4	9	3	870
NC	4	24	3	735	0.341
BCC	4	24	3	900
NC	7	33	3	754	0.767
BCC	8	33	3	780
NC	4	48	3	915	0.3
BCC	5	48	3	792
NC	2	72	3	600	0.096
BCC	3	72	3	840

Time, refers to the number of hours after UV irradiation at which the biopsy was taken; MED, the number of MEDs administered to the patient; Av.mj/cm², the average of the doses of solar simulated radiation administered to a group of patients.

The doses received by NCs and patients with BCC were compared using the Student’ t test and the p-values show there were no significant differences.