ABSTRACT Objectives This study provides a descriptive, multi‐institutional comparison of dental students' recognition accuracy and management decisions of oral soft tissue pathological entities across four US dental schools. While prior single‐institution studies have evaluated diagnostic ability, this work provides a multi‐institutional comparison to ...
Nicole McKee +7 more
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Pain in photodynamic therapy [PDF]
Photodynamic therapy is a modern treatment with applications in several medical specialties, which has been intensely studied in the last years. The main indications in dermatology are actinic keratosis, superficial basal cell carcinoma and Bowen\u27s ...
Benea, Vasile +6 more
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Contribution to characterization of skin field cancerization activity: morphometric, chromatin texture, proliferation, and apoptosis aspects, [PDF]
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.
Anna Carolina Miola +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background Early detection of melanoma significantly boosts patient survival rates. Deep learning has demonstrated dermatologist‐level accuracy in assessing pigmented skin lesions by analysing images at the pixel level. However, these neural networks may face challenges with ‘real‐life’ images due to limited training data and image artefacts ...
Marianne Zanchetta +15 more
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On Interpretability of Deep Learning based Skin Lesion Classifiers using Concept Activation Vectors
Deep learning based medical image classifiers have shown remarkable prowess in various application areas like ophthalmology, dermatology, pathology, and radiology.
Ahmed, Sheraz +5 more
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Generalized keratosis pilaris induced by testosterone injections in patient with CHARGE syndrome
Keratosis pilaris (KP) is a common disorder of follicular keratinization characterized by keratotic follicular papules with varying degrees of perifollicular erythema.
Fares A. Alkhayal +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background Melanoma accounts for more than 75% of skin cancer‐related mortality. Dermatoscopy is an evidence‐based technique for earlier detection, yet differentiating melanocytic lesions remains challenging. Sub‐UV reflectance dermatoscopy (sUVRD) uses purple light (405 nm) to visualise chromophore distribution in the skin.
L. Dupont +9 more
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Effect of a Pre-Treatment Educational Video in Improving Patient Satisfaction with 5-Fluorouracil Treatment for Actinic Keratoses: A Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]
IntroductionPatient treatment satisfaction and adherence may be affected by the initial understanding of outcomes in the treatment of actinic keratoses with 5-fluorouracil 5% cream (5-FU). Pre-treatment educational videos may optimize this understanding.
Agbai, Oma N +4 more
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ROCK2/rasHa cooperation induce malignant conversion via p53 loss, elevated NF-κβ and tenascin C-associated rigidity but p21 inhibits ROCK2/NF-κβ-mediated progression [PDF]
To study ROCK2 activation in carcinogenesis, mice expressing 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4HT)- activated ROCK2 [K14.ROCKer] were crossed to mice expressing epidermal activated ras Ha [HK1.ras1205].
Greenhalgh, D.A. +3 more
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Approach to Nail Pitting in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients: A Dermatology Perspective
ABSTRACT This narrative review aims to discuss the etiologies of nail pitting in pediatric and adolescent patients, while providing a framework for further evaluation of possible underlying systemic conditions and their clinical findings from a dermatologic standpoint.
Elizabeth Botto +3 more
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