TY - JOUR
T1 - Daylight photodynamic therapy
T2 - patient willingness to undertake home treatment
AU - McLellan, L. J.
AU - O'Mahoney, P.
AU - Logan, S.
AU - Yule, S.
AU - Goodman, C.
AU - Lesar, A.
AU - Fullerton, L.
AU - Ibbotson, S.
AU - Eadie, E.
N1 - L.J. McLellan’s salary is supported by an Innovate UK award. P. O’Mahoney’s and Susan Yule salaries are supported by the Medical Laser Research Fund (registered charity SC037390).
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - In the UK, almost one in four individuals over 60 are affected by actinic keratoses (AK), and this is a cause of significant morbidity in an ageing population, with risk of progression to squamous cell carcinoma. Daylight photodynamic therapy (dPDT) is an effective and simple treatment for field change AK, with similar efficacy to conventional PDT. Commonly, skin surface preparation is performed in a Dermatology clinic prior to dPDT. However, a recent German study by Karrer and colleagues investigated dPDT as a patient‐applied home‐delivered treatment for face and scalp AK and reported that patients who undertook this self‐administered treatment had high levels of efficacy, tolerance and patient satisfaction.
AB - In the UK, almost one in four individuals over 60 are affected by actinic keratoses (AK), and this is a cause of significant morbidity in an ageing population, with risk of progression to squamous cell carcinoma. Daylight photodynamic therapy (dPDT) is an effective and simple treatment for field change AK, with similar efficacy to conventional PDT. Commonly, skin surface preparation is performed in a Dermatology clinic prior to dPDT. However, a recent German study by Karrer and colleagues investigated dPDT as a patient‐applied home‐delivered treatment for face and scalp AK and reported that patients who undertook this self‐administered treatment had high levels of efficacy, tolerance and patient satisfaction.
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U2 - 10.1111/bjd.17920
DO - 10.1111/bjd.17920
M3 - Letter
C2 - 30921486
SN - 0007-0963
VL - 181
SP - 834
EP - 835
JO - British Journal of Dermatology
JF - British Journal of Dermatology
IS - 4
ER -