Actinic Keratosis
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Moles quadruple risk for melanoma
Key clinical point: Individuals with moles are at significantly increased risk for developing melanoma in the same body region as the mole, and in...
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VIDEO: How red hair and freckles might raise your skin cancer risk
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Veterans at increased risk of skin cancer
Key clinical point: Skin cancer prevention can be improved among U.S.
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Photodynamic therapy clears thin AKs better than cryotherapy
Key clinical point: Clearance of thin actinic keratosis lesions on the face or head is more likely with photodynamic therapy vs. cryotherapy, but...
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Field therapy preferred when treating actinic keratoses
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Surgeon General: Tanning, indoor tanning must stop
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Adding ingenol mebutate after cryosurgery enhances clearance of actinic keratoses
Key clinical point: The findings support the safety and effectiveness of adding field therapy to cryosurgery when treating actinic keratosis...
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What's working now for actinic keratoses
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Nonmelanoma skin cancer linked to increased fracture risk in postmenopausal women
Key clinical point: A history of nonmelanoma skin cancer may predispose patients to bone fractures.Major finding: Incident lower arm fracture was...
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Infrared detector distinguished malignant and benign skin lesions
Major finding: Malignant skin lesions (basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, and malignant melanomas) were distinguished from benign...