How to convert BYTE* to DWORD

I'm trying to get the base address of a process using a method from a previous question. However when I try to compile it gives me this error in CodeBlocks C:CodeBlocks Projects...main.cpp|38|error: invalid conversion from 'BYTE* {aka unsigned char*}' to 'DWORD {aka long unsigned int}' [-fpermissive]|. I have tried looking up solutions but different types of casting suggested by others failed. Any help would be much appreciated. And here is my code just in case it's needed.

#include <windows.h>
#include <tlhelp32.h>
#include <iostream>
#define UNINITIALIZED 0xFFFFFFFF
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    DWORD processID = NULL;
    DWORD base_addr = UNINITIALIZED;
    HANDLE procH = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
    MODULEENTRY32 mod_entry;
    CHAR proc_name[40];
    ZeroMemory(&proc_name, sizeof(proc_name));

    system("tasklist");

    cout << "Please enter the PID: " << flush;
    cin >> processID;
    cout << "Please enter the name: " << flush;
    cin >> proc_name;

    system("CLS");

    procH = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPMODULE, processID);
    if(procH == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
    {
        cout << "Process handle could not be retrieved" << endl;
        return 1;
    }

    while(base_addr == UNINITIALIZED)
    {
        do
        {
            if(!strcmp(mod_entry.szModule, proc_name))
            {
                base_addr = mod_entry.modBaseAddr;
                system("CLS");
                cout << "Base address found: " << hex << base_addr << endl;
                system("pause");
                break;
            }
            cout << mod_entry.szModule << endl;
        } while(Module32First(procH, &mod_entry));
        if(base_addr == UNINITIALIZED)
        {
            system("CLS");
            cout << "Failed to find module " << proc_name << endl;
            Sleep(200);
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

The error occurs on the line with this: base_addr = mod_entry.modBaseAddr;.