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Implementation of an Ultraviolet Phototherapy Service at a National Referral Hospital in Western Kenya: Reflections on Challenges and Lessons Learned. [PDF]

, 2020
IntroductionIn order to manage skin conditions at a national referral hospital level in Kenya, specialized dermatology services, such as dermatologic surgery, dermatopathology, phototherapy, and sub-specialty care, should be offered, as is typically ...
Beck, Kristen, Bhutani, Tina, Chang, Aileen Y, Coates, Sarah J, Gualberto, Marissa, Hulse, Sarah, Jeon, Caleb, Jose, Margareth, Kiprono, Samson K, Liao, Wilson, Ly, Karen, Maurer, Toby, Mungai, Margaret, Muraguri, Isabel, Nakamura, Mio, Sekhon, Sahil, Smith, Mary Patricia, Thibodeaux, Quinn   +17 more
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Ultraviolet radiation exposure during daylight Photodynamic Therapy [PDF]

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2019
Daylight photodynamic therapy (dPDT) is an effective treatment for field-change actinic keratoses (AK), with similar efficacy to conventional PDT but lower patient pain scores. Whilst AK occur consequent to chronic solar ultraviolet (UV) exposure, paradoxically solar visible radiation is used during PDT.To investigate the nature and levels of UV ...
McLellan, Luke J., O'Mahoney, Paul, Khazova, Marina, Higlett, Michael, Ibbotson, Sally H., Eadie, Ewan   +5 more
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A New Drug-Free Cancer Therapy Using Ultraviolet Pulsed Irradiation. PDT (PhotoDynamic Therapy) to PPT (Pulsed Photon Therapy)

Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar, 2022
Background: Pulsed ultraviolet (UV) irradiation can be used to generate a broad UV-C spectrum. The pulsing nature of such a spectrum helps increase the damage to cancer cells, leading to their injury and death.
Johbu Itoh, Yoshiko Itoh
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Is sunlight good for our heart? [PDF]

, 2010
Humans evolved being exposed for about half of the day to the light of the sun. Nowadays, exposure to sunlight is actively discouraged for fear of skin cancer, and contemporary lifestyles are associated with long hours spent under artificial light ...
Feelisch, Martin, Kolb-Bachofen, Victoria, Liu, Donald, Lundberg, Jon O., Revelo, Lucia P., Suschek, Christoph V., Weller, Richard B.   +6 more
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Effectiveness of Narrowband Ultraviolet on Vitiligo: A Systematic Review

Dermato
Background: Narrowband ultraviolet B (nb-UVB) is one of the most popular and effective modalities to treat vitiligo. Given the importance of nb-UBV, as well as its associations, this research searched the literature for answers on how to best treat ...
Ana Luisa Tenani Pereira da Costa, Julya Gracite de Menezes, Mayara Louise Beltrame, Bianca Veronese da Silva, Dartel Ferrari Lima, Dérrick Patrick Artioli, Márcia Rosângela Buzanello, Gladson Ricardo Flor Bertolini   +7 more
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Efficacy and safety of narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy for prurigo nodularis: a tertiary center experience [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Background: Prurigo nodularis is a chronic pruritic dermatosis and narrowband-UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy is considered an effective and safe treatment option in patients with multiple comorbidities. Objective: In this study, the authors aimed to evaluate
Esra Agaoglu, Hilal Kaya Erdogan, Ersoy Acer, Zeynep Nurhan Saracoglu   +3 more
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Combination therapies in psoriasis

Turkderm Turkish Archives of Dermatology and Venereology, 2022
Topical corticosteroids and vitamin D analogs can be combined with other topical, systemic, and biological agents. The effect of methotrexate can be enhanced with ultraviolet B (UVB) or psoralen ultraviolet A (PUVA).
Erol Koç, Emel Bülbül Başkan
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the dorsal hands and feet after repeated exposure to ultraviolet nail lamps [PDF]

, 2020
Gel nails are a common artificial nail option. Ultraviolet (UV) nail lamps are commonly used to cure gel nails. Ultraviolet A radiation is a known mutagen that penetrates into the nail bed.
Curtis, Julia, Freeman, Caleb, Hull, Christopher, Sontheimer, Richard   +3 more
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Serum vitamin D decreases during chemotherapy: an Australian prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2018
Background and Objectives: Vitamin D plays an important role in bone and muscle function, and cell prolifera-tion. The impact of chemotherapy and associated behavioural changes such as fatigue and sun avoidance on vit-amin D (25(OH) D) is unknown.
Isenring, Elisabeth, Karapetis, Christos Stelios, Kichenadasse, Ganessan, Kimlin, Michael G, Koczwara, Bogda, Marshall, Skye, Sukumaran, Shawgi, Teleni, Laisa, Walpole, Euan, Woodman, Richard John   +9 more
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Efficacy of Narrowband UVB Phototherapy in Mild to Moderate Psoriasis: A Case Series from Kharkiv, Ukraine

International Journal of Medical Students
Background. Psoriasis is a genetically determined, chronic autoimmune disease of the skin and joints with a complex immunopathogenesis. Although topical corticosteroids remain the first-line treatment for mild to moderate forms, narrowband UVB (NB-UVB ...
Marharyta Khaustova, Andrii Dashchuk
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