Topical Curcumin-Based Cream Is Equivalent to Dietary Curcumin in a Skin Cancer Model

Table 2

Summary of pERK and pS6 IHC staining in normal (noncancer), AK, BCC, and SCC skin samples.

	[0]	[1+]	[2+]	P value*	Total
	pERK staining
Normal Skin	0	24	0		24
AK	0	4	0	1.0000	4
BCC	17	5	5	<0.0001	27
SCC	0	11	6	0.0028	17
	pS6 staining
Normal Skin	8	0	0		8
AK	2	0	2	0.0909	4
BCC	5	4	16	<0.0001	25
SCC	1	2	13	<0.0001	16

*Compared to normal skin by Fisher’s exact test. P values for overall comparison are shown. See text for a subset analysis.