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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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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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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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Treatment recommendations for psoriatic arthritis [PDF]

, 2008
Objective: To develop comprehensive recommendations for the treatment of the various clinical manifestations of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) based on evidence obtained from a systematic review of the literature and from consensus opinion.
Ritchlin, CT, Kavanaugh, A, Gladman, DD, Mease, PJ, Helliwell, P, Boehncke, W-H, de Vlam, K, Fiorentino, D, FitzGerald, O, Gottlieb, AB, McHugh, NJ, Nash, P, Qureshi, AA, Soriano, ER, Taylor, WJ, GRAPPA   +15 more
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Predicting phototherapy efficacy in vulvar lichen sclerosus using high-frequency ultrasound combined with superb microvascular imaging

Frontiers in Medicine
ObjectivesTo develop a non-invasive model predicting narrow-band UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy efficacy in vulvar lichen sclerosus (VLS) using high-frequency ultrasound (HF-US, 24 MHz) and superb microvascular imaging (SMI) parameters.MethodsForty-seven ...
Yifei Liu, Yu Lu, Yujuan Guo, Chuang Li, Kaikai Shen   +4 more
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Effciency and safety of the use of long-wave UVA-1 phototherapy in treatment of psoriasis [PDF]

Саратовский научно-медицинский журнал, 2012
<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The effectiveness of the long wavelength ultraviolet therapy (UVA-1) in complex treatment of patients with psoriasis has been studied during the research.
Bakulev A.L., Kondratyeva N.N., Rasskazov Y.A.   +2 more
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Effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medical bath therapy combined with ultraviolet irradiation in the treatment of psoriasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Background and objectiveTo systematically evaluate the clinical effects and safety of traditional Chinese medical bath therapy (TCMBT) combined with ultraviolet irradiation in the treatment of psoriasis.MethodsElectronic database retrieval was utilized ...
Jingzhi Guan, Shaofei Yuan, Hanqimuge Wu, Risu Na, Xueqin Wu, Xin Wang, Shan Bao   +6 more
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Review on Nonoccupational Personal Solar UV Exposure Measurements [PDF]

, 2018
Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation follows people during their whole life. Exposure to UV radiation is vital but holds serious risks, too. The quantification of human UV exposure is a complex issue.
Schmalwieser, Alois W., Siani, Anna Maria   +1 more
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