Health-related Quality of Life Measurements in Patients with Actinic Keratosis: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Acta Dermato-VenereologicaActinic keratosis is a common, chronic, and potentially pre-cancerous skin disease that can negatively impact patients’ health-related quality of life. This systematic review aimed to identify and describe the questionnaires used to assess health-related
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Prevalence and factors associated with actinic keratosis in 1346 patients attending at a public dermatology service: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
São Paulo Medical JournalBACKGROUND: Actinic keratosis is a common preneoplastic dermatosis and is the third most common reason for dermatological consultations. Identifying the associated factors, diagnosis, and early treatment of actinic keratosis are crucial for reducing the ...
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Automated detection of actinic keratoses in clinical photographs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 BACKGROUND:Clinical diagnosis of actinic keratosis is known to have intra- and inter-observer variability, and there is currently no non-invasive and objective measure to diagnose these lesions.
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Investigation of the Causal Association Between Treg Cells and Actinic Keratosis Through Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Analysis [PDF]
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational DermatologyHuaping Li,1,2,* Jinbao Zhong,1,2,* Chao Bi,1,2 Quan Chen,1,2 Huiyan Deng,1,2 Shanshan Ou,1,2 Jiaoquan Chen,1,2 Hui Zou,1,2 Tianyi Lin,1,2 Huilan Zhu1,2 1Department of Dermatology, Guangzhou Dermatology Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong ...
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Comparision of the efficacy of photodynamic therapy and imiquimod cream in patients with actinic keratosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Scientific ReportsActinic keratosis is a common precancerous epidermal skin lesion characterized by rough, scaly patches on sun-exposed areas due to chronic UV exposure, and it carries a risk of progressing to squamous cell carcinoma.
Yiming Tian, Yue Yao, Jinfang Zhang
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JAMA, 2016 Actinic keratosis is a cutaneous lesion characterized by proliferation of atypical epidermal keratinocytes due to prolonged exposure to exogenous factors such as ultraviolet radiation. AKs are in-situ-squamous cell carcinomas (PEC) of the skin. AK typically presents as erythematous, scaly patch or papule (classic AK), occasionally as thick, adherent ...
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Contribution to characterization of skin field cancerization activity: morphometric, chromatin texture, proliferation, and apoptosis aspects, [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2020 Background: A skin field cancerization is a cutaneous area with subclinical changes resultant from chronic sun exposure, with a higher predisposition to development of pre-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions.
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Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2021 There have been no epidemiological studies identifying associations between systemic inflammatory diseases and actinic keratosis. This study used a large nationwide database to investigate the associations between actinic keratosis and systemic ...
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The use of photodynamic therapy in combined treatment of actinic keratosis
Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2021 Actinic keratosis, a type of squamous cell carcinoma in situ, is characterised by hyperkeratotic focal lesions formed on the ultraviolet-damaged skin.
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Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny, 2023 We present a clinical case of a primary multiple synchronous highly differentiated keratinizing squamous cell skin cancer in an 84-year old patient with multiple actinic keratosis and actinic cheilitis.
Tatiana G. Sedova
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