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A Preliminary Study on the Link Between PUVA and Skin Cancer
Author(s) -
Chuang TsuYi,
Tse Jimson,
Cripps Derek J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1989.tb02501.x
Subject(s) - medicine , skin cancer , dermatology , puva therapy , cancer , psoriasis , incidence (geometry) , physics , optics
One hundred four psoriatic patients who had 8‐methoxypsoralen‐ultraviolet light A (PUVA) treatment between 1975–1987 were investigated to determine if skin cancer had ever occurred during or after the therapeutic period. Incidence data of skin cancer was applied to this group of patients to measure the expected number of patients with skin cancer. The significance of observed number versus expected of PUVA‐treated patients with skin cancer was analyzed. The authors did not observe a significant increase of patients with skin cancer.