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Pharmacoeconomic Considerations in Treating Actinic Keratosis

Actinic keratosis is among the most commonly treated skin conditions in the outpatient setting. Its prevalence spans the globe, with greater distribution in fair skinned individuals and the immunocompromised.
Mary Lynn. Davis-Ajami, Marjorie V. Neidecker, Rajesh Balkrishnan, Steven R. Feldman   +3 more
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The current options in the management of actinic keratosis

, 2009
Actinic keratosis is a precursor for squamous cell skin cancer. Hence, it is important to treat. For single actinic keratoses, cryo surgery is recommended. For widespread actinic keratoses, imiquimod, photodynamic therapy (PDT) or 5-FU may be used. ''One-
Larkö, Olle,
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Clinical and morphological features actinic keratosis

The article presents the clinical and morphological characteristics of different variants of actinic keratosis in 20 patients. It was found that in 18 (90.0%) patients, lesions were localized exclusively to exposed skin areas (face, neck, and back of the
Bondar, O.
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Optimal treatment of actinic keratoses

, 2013
Elizabeth E UhlenhakeDepartment of Dermatology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USAAbstract: The most compelling reason and primary goal of treating actinic keratoses is to prevent malignant transformation into invasive squamous ...
Uhlenhake EE
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A Novel Actinic Keratosis Field Assessment Scale For Grading Actinic Keratosis Disease Severity

Actinic keratosis (AK) lesions are surrounded by field cancerization (areas of subclinical, non-visible sun damage). Existing AK grading tools rely on AK counts, which are not reproducible. An Actinic Keratosis Field Assessment Scale (AK-FAS) for grading
Dreno, Brigitte, Dirschka, Thomas, Ruiz de Casas, Andrés, Lear, John T., Figueras Nart, Ignasi, Cerio, Rino, Progressing Evidence in AK (PEAK) Working Group, Peris, Ketty, Kaleci, Shaniko, Pellacani, Giovanni   +9 more
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Actinic keratosis

Skin Cancer, 2003
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Health Economic Evaluation of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer and Actinic Keratosis

Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and actinic keratosis are becoming an increasingly important healthcare problem. There are approximately 1 million cases of NMSC in the US each year, primarily basal cell carcinomas, and the incidence is increasing ...
Mitchell K. Higashi, David L. Veenstra, Paul C. Langley   +2 more
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Actinic Keratosis

Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association, 2014
In some respects actinic keratosis is the most common and best-known pathology in dermatology. Being such an ordinary pathology, actinic keratosis gives nevertheless insight into an extraordinary number of important biological and clinical processes ...
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Actinic Keratosis [PDF]

Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde, 2011
It is the review, devoted to actinic keratosis etiopathogenesis, the risk and role of AK as a pre-malignant with a strong likelihood of progressing to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Clinically and histopathologically determine types, and implications for
Chikako Kaminaka, Yuki Yamamoto, Fukumi Furukawa   +2 more
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Actinic Keratosis

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2000
Actinic keratoses are hyperkeratotic skin lesions that represent focal abnormal proliferation of epidermal keratinocytes. Some actinic keratoses evolve into squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, while others resolve spontaneously. The conversion rate of actinic keratosis to squamous cell carcinoma is not accurately known, but appears to be in the range ...
E W, Jeffes, E H, Tang
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