Comparison of Patient Tolerance of Photodynamic Therapy with Zone vs. Full Face Treatment

Background: Zone based photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment option for actinic keratosis, superficial basal cell carcinoma, and in-situ squamous cell carcinoma. PDT has similar cure rates to 5-fluorouracil and imiquimod. Objective: Determine if PDT zone treatments improve patient comfort, tolerance, retention, and offer less severe reactions as compared to full face treatments. Methods: 500 PDT patients were divided into full face (n = 250) versus zone treatments (n = 250). All subjects completed a post-treatment phone survey assessing tolerance of procedure. Retention rates and severe reactions were tracked. Results: Zone treatment resulted in a higher number of excellent responses for patient tolerance vs. full face treatment group (85 % vs. 39%, P

Creator

• Crawford, Dr. Kevin
• Aleshaki, Joseph

Language

• English

Palabra Clave

• full face treatments
• actinic keratosis
• in-situ squamous cell carcinoma
• Zone based photodynamic therapy (PDT)
• superficial basal cell carcinoma

Date created

• 1/1/2015

Resource type

• poster

Source

• mucom_rd_14

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/