Actinic Keratosis
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Dermoscopy Pearls: Report From the Mount Sinai Winter Symposium
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Timed Sequential Therapy for Actinic Keratosis: Report From the Mount Sinai Winter Symposium
Case Reports
Tinea Capitis Caused by Trichophyton rubrum Mimicking Favus
Favus is an uncommon form of tinea capitis (TC) currently seen in geographic areas with poor sanitation and limited access to health care such as...
Residents’ Corner
Update on New Drugs in Dermatology
Medications in dermatology are used in a variety of different methods and dosages and for numerous different diseases entities that are not...
Conference Coverage
Cooling, occlusion, and antihistamines are among the options that optimize ALA-PDT results
Treatment of a broad area, occluding extremities, and the use of antihistamines are among the measures that can help optimize the results of...
News
Veterans’ keratinocyte carcinoma, actinic keratosis care cost $356 million in 2012
Conference Coverage
Expert shares photodynamic therapy pearls
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. – Offering photodynamic therapy is a smart move by any dermatology practice, but also it requires common sense. That starts...
Conference Coverage
Adding calcipotriene to 5-FU dramatically reduced AKs
Key clinical point: A combination of 5% 5-fluorouracil cream and 0.005% calcipotriene was significantly more effective at removing actinic...
Original Research
Actinic Keratosis as a Marker of Field Cancerization in Excision Specimens of Cutaneous Malignancies
Field cancerization is the process in which a singular cell accumulates genetic mutations following carcinogen exposure and then divides to create...
Conference Coverage
For preventing AKs, 5-FU beats placebo for up to 3 years
Key clinical point: One course of topical 5-fluorouracil was effective and durable in preventing new actinic keratoses in high-risk patients....
News
Average person with atopic dermatitis has no increased risk of actinic keratosis or nonmelanoma skin cancer
People with atopic dermatitis do not appear to be at greater risk for actinic keratosis or basal cell and squamous cell cancer.