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Published in: Current Dermatology Reports 1/2018

01-03-2018 | Skin Cancer (D Siegel and O Markowitz, Section Editors)

Update on Noninvasive Diagnostic Imaging and Management of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer

Authors: Amanda Levine, Daniel M. Siegel, Orit Markowitz

Published in: Current Dermatology Reports | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

The focus of this review is to present some of the new noninvasive diagnostic imaging tools and their use in conjunction with nonsurgical modalities that have been demonstrated to be effective for the treatment and prevention of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC).

Recent Findings

Given the vast prevalence of NMSC and substantial associated morbidity, clinicians are working toward effective nonsurgical therapeutic options, including topical treatments, laser and photodynamic therapy, radiation as well as newer systemic treatment modalities. With this shift toward increasingly nonsurgical therapies comes the need to find new noninvasive ways to assess treatment efficacy, monitor treatment response, and detect subclinical residual disease.

Summary

Recent developments in imaging modalities, including dermoscopy, optical coherence tomography, and reflectance confocal microscopy, are emerging as useful tools for diagnosis and treatment management of NMSC.
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Metadata
Title
Update on Noninvasive Diagnostic Imaging and Management of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Authors
Amanda Levine
Daniel M. Siegel
Orit Markowitz
Publication date
01-03-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Dermatology Reports / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 2162-4933
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13671-018-0207-z

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