Assessing current treatment options for patients with severe/advanced basal cell carcinoma [0.03%]
评估治疗重度/晚期基底细胞癌患者的现有疗法选项
Martin A Weinstock,Joanne M Still
Martin A Weinstock
Skin cancers are the most common form of malignancy, and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer. BCCs generally occur sporadically and either singly or in small numbers. When detected and treated early, these tumo...
Ashfaq A Marghoob
Ashfaq A Marghoob
Skin cancers are the most common form of malignancy. Early diagnosis and treatment provides the best chance for survival and reduced morbidity. However, some patients have recurrent or resistant lesions. In patients with basal cell carcinom...
Frank A Santoro,Henry W Lim
Frank A Santoro
Interactions with ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and chromophores in the skin happen on a daily basis. Photodermatoses, which are abnormal responses to UV exposure, can be classified into subgroups based on pathogenesis. This review will discu...
Holly E Kanavy,Meg R Gerstenblith
Holly E Kanavy
Melanoma is a particularly aggressive type of skin cancer, and its incidence has been increasing steadily since the 1970s. This article will review the extensive epidemiologic data demonstrating that ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure, fr...
Ultraviolet A radiation: its role in immunosuppression and carcinogenesis [0.03%]
紫外线A辐射在免疫抑制和致癌中的作用
Gary M Halliday,Scott N Byrne,Diona L Damian
Gary M Halliday
Ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation is immunosuppressive and mutagenic in humans and carcinogenic in animals. UVA suppresses immunity with a bell-shaped dose response. At doses equivalent to 15-20 minutes of sun exposure at noon, UVA contributes ...
Steven Q Wang,Ian R Tooley
Steven Q Wang
Commercial sunscreen based on nano-sized titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) and zinc oxide (ZnO) delivers superior UV protection and reduces whitening on skin compared to the older generations of inorganic sunscreens. This review discusses the histo...
Photodynamic therapy: current evidence and applications in dermatology [0.03%]
光动力疗法：现有证据及其在皮肤病学中的应用
Yoojin Lee,Elma D Baron
Yoojin Lee
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the activation of a photosensitizing drug, which preferentially localizes to diseased skin, by irradiation with light to cause selective cytotoxic damage. Since its discovery in the early 20th century and...
Daniel Walker,Heidi Jacobe
Daniel Walker
Dermatologists are presented with a diversity of therapeutic modalities for the treatment of inflammatory, sclerosing, and neoplastic conditions, but with the development of various new irradiation devices that utilize specific parts of the...
Zain U Syed,Iltefat H Hamzavi
Zain U Syed
Phototherapy has proven to be one of the most versatile and effective treatment options for a variety of inflammatory and pigmentary skin diseases. However, the use of these treatment modalities in patients of color requires some special co...
Sheila Fallon Friedlander,Hilary E Baldwin,Anthony J Mancini et al.
Sheila Fallon Friedlander et al.
Acne vulgaris is classically considered a disease of adolescence. Although it most commonly occurs and has been best studied in that age group, it can develop at any time during childhood. It is important that health care practitioners reco...