Local treatment with electrochemotherapy of superficial angiosarcomas: Efficacy and safety results from a multi-institutional retrospective study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Angiosarcoma is an aggressive vascular neoplasm with a high propensity for local recurrence. Electrochemotherapy is an emerging skin-directed therapy, exerting prominent cytotoxic activity, and antivascular effects.
Bonadies, CARLO ALBERTO +12 more
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New patents on topical anesthetics. [PDF]
, 2014 Anesthesia is defined as a total or partial loss of sensation and it may be general, local or topical, depending on the method of drug administration and area of the body affected.
CALVIERI, Stefano +6 more
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Overview on topical 5-ALA photodynamic therapy use for non melanoma skin cancers [PDF]
, 2014 Ultraviolet radiation (UV) contributes to a variety of skin diseases including inflammation, degenerative aging, and cancer. Historically, humans have been exposed to UV radiation mainly through occupational exposure; recreational UV exposure, however ...
Bianchini, Daniela +7 more
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Topical Immunomodulation with Diphenlycyclopropenone for Alopecia Areata
Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia, 2019 Introduction: Topical immunotherapy with diphenylcyclopropenone is a treatment option for patients with refractory or extensive alopecia areata. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and tolerability of diphenylcyclopropenone ...
Ana Sofia Borges +3 more
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A review of non-pharmacologic approaches to enhance the patient experience in dermatologic surgery [PDF]
, 2020 Efforts to increase patient comfort by minimizing pain and anxiety have been shown to improve clinical outcomes, reduce pain thresholds, decrease analgesic requirements and complication risk, strengthen the physician-patient relationship, and increase ...
Alkousakis, Theodore +3 more
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Afatinib use in recurrent epithelial ovarian carcinoma. [PDF]
, 2019 •Genomic tumor testing is an important tool in guiding treatment for gynecologic malignancies.•Targetable mutations may lead to new therapies in gynecologic cancer treatment.•Her2/neu mutations in serous ovarian carcinomas can be targeted with ERBB2 ...
Alvarez, Edwin A +3 more
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Do you know this syndrome? Hand-foot syndrome [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017 Hand-foot syndrome is a common cutaneous adverse effect associated with certain systemic chemotherapy drugs. It is characterized by erythema, edema, and burning sensation, especially over palmoplantar surfaces.
Cintia Santos Braghiroli +4 more
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Oncologic Emergencies: Immune-Based Cancer Therapies and Complications [PDF]
, 2020 Cancer therapies have undergone several recent advancements. Current cancer treatments include immune-based therapies comprised of checkpoint inhibitors, and adoptive immunotherapy; each treatment has the potential for complications that differ from ...
Brém, Elizabeth +2 more
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Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity of chitosan-alginate nanoparticles: a targeted therapy for cutaneous pathogens. [PDF]
, 2013 Advances in nanotechnology have demonstrated potential application of nanoparticles (NPs) for effective and targeted drug delivery. Here we investigated the antimicrobial and immunological properties and the feasibility of using NPs to deliver ...
Blecher-Paz, Karin +10 more
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A case of new-onset vitiligo in a patient on tofacitinib and brief review of paradoxical presentations with other novel targeted therapies [PDF]
, 2020 With recent advancements in the understanding of vitiligo pathogenesis, Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors have emerged as a promising new treatment modality, but their effects remain incompletely elucidated.
Alikhan, Mujahed +4 more
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