"Keratosis, Actinic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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White or pink lesions on the arms, hands, face, or scalp that arise from sun-induced DNA DAMAGE to KERATINOCYTES in exposed areas. They are considered precursor lesions to superficial SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA.
| Descriptor ID |
D055623
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.834.450 C17.800.428.570
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Keratosis, Actinic" by people in Profiles.
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Field Cancerization Therapies for Management of Actinic Keratosis: A Narrative Review. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2018 Aug; 19(4):543-557.
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Treatment of Actinic Keratoses: A Randomized Split-Site Approach Comparison of Sequential 5-Fluorouracil and 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Photodynamic Therapy to 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Photodynamic Monotherapy. Dermatol Surg. 2017 Sep; 43(9):1170-1175.
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Photodynamic Therapy Effectively Treats Actinic Keratoses Without Pre-Illumination Incubation Time. J Drugs Dermatol. 2017 Mar 01; 16(3):275-278.
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Non-melanoma skin cancer, sun exposure and sun protection. G Ital Dermatol Venereol. 2015 Aug; 150(4):369-78.
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Cryotherapy is preferable to ablative CO2 laser for the treatment of isolated actinic keratoses of the face and scalp: a randomized clinical trial. Br J Dermatol. 2014 May; 170(5):1114-21.
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Eruptive purpuric papules on the arms; a case of chemotherapy-induced inflammation of actinic keratoses and review of the literature. Dermatol Online J. 2014 Jan 15; 20(1):21246.
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Combining field therapies for actinic keratoses: novel approaches that intensify photodynamic therapy. Skinmed. 2013 Jan-Feb; 11(1):54-8.
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PTEN positively regulates UVB-induced DNA damage repair. Cancer Res. 2011 Aug 01; 71(15):5287-95.
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C/EBPa expression is downregulated in human nonmelanoma skin cancers and inactivation of C/EBPa confers susceptibility to UVB-induced skin squamous cell carcinomas. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Jun; 131(6):1339-46.
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Chemoprevention of human actinic keratoses by topical DL-alpha-tocopherol. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2009 Apr; 2(4):394-400.