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Actinic keratoses are common premalignant skin tumors that appear as small, raised, flaky lesions usually found on heavily sun-exposed skin in older people. They are mainly due to long-term exposure to the sun in susceptible persons and may progress to squamous cell carcinoma.
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Topics Related To Actinic Keratoses
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| Immunotherapy | As A Treatment
"...Topical immunotherapy utilizes an immune enhancement cream (imiquimod) which is an interferon producer causing the patients own killer T-cells to destroy warts, actinic keratoses, basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer, cutaneous lymphoma, and superficial malignant melanoma..."
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Keratoses |
The Condition
"...Actinic Keratoses are scaly papules that occur on exposed skin of older, fairer-skinned, persons resulting from chronic overexposure to ultraviolet light from the sun..."
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Sunlight Exposure |
As A Treatment
"...The influence of painful sunburns and lifetime sun exposure on the risk of actinic keratoses, seborrheic warts, melanocytic nevi, atypical nevi, and skin cancer..."
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Last updated: Apr 07, 2008
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