Abstract
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is widely used to treat superficial non-melanoma skin cancers and dysplasia. Pain may be experienced during irradiation, with one study showing pain intervention was required in 44% of PDT treatments. Other retrospective studies indicated that large treatment areas on head and neck sites, actinic keratoses and strong protoporphyrin IX fluorescence may be predictors of more severe PDT-induced pain, but data were not conclusive. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 205-206 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | British Journal of Dermatology |
| Volume | 180 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 14 Sept 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2019 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology
Access to Document
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Lydon, E., et al. "Factors influencing pain and efficacy of topical photodynamic therapy: a retrospective study", British Journal of Dermatology (2018) which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.17204. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.