Actinic Keratosis
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AUDIO: Are you using these treatments for your patients with actinic keratoses?
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Adjunctive ingenol mebutate gel for actinic keratosis caused few side effects, increased compliance
Major finding: Nearly 100% of patients achieved at least 75% or greater clearance of AK on the face; more than 80% of patients achieved at least...
Commentary
Field Therapy in the Treatment of Actinic Keratosis
Actinic keratosis (AK) treatment represents a large and ever-increasing burden to our health care system, with the direct cost of therapy...
Conference Coverage
What’s old is new again for actinic keratoses treatment
Conference Coverage
ARB, ACE inhibitor at discharge curb heart failure readmissions
Major finding: Heart failure patients discharged on an ARB or ACE inhibitor had half the 30-day heart failure readmissions rate of those who were...
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VIDEO: Photodynamic therapy pearls can improve results
Aesthetic Dermatology
Photodynamic therapy: ‘Often not worth the trouble’
Conference Coverage
Ingenol mebutate improves outcomes in actinic keratosis
Major finding: Ingenol mebutate gel following cryosurgery significantly improved complete clearance rates, compared with vehicle gel at 12 months...
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Novel PDT method proves superior for difficult AKs
Major finding: Three months post treatment, the actinic keratosis cure rate was 74% in organ transplant recipients who underwent a novel form of...
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Restrict Mohs surgery or risk drop in reimbursement
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Fewer than 1% of doctors mention sunscreen to patients
Major Finding: Overall, physicians recommended sunscreen at 12.9 million of 18.3 billion patient visits (0.07%).Data Source: The National...