Treatment failure in superficial basal cell carcinoma following treatment with photodynamic therapy: is this a result of underdiagnosis?

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2017 Jan;31(1):e50-e52. doi: 10.1111/jdv.13715. Epub 2016 Jun 3.

Authors

L Hoogedoorn¹, J C M Hendriks², G J Knuiman³, W A M Blokx³, P C M van de Kerkhof¹, P E J van Erp¹, M J P Gerritsen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
² Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 27256516
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.13715

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aminolevulinic Acid / analogs & derivatives
Aminolevulinic Acid / therapeutic use
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / diagnosis*
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / drug therapy*
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / pathology
Humans
Photochemotherapy*
Retrospective Studies
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology
Treatment Failure

Substances

methyl 5-aminolevulinate
Aminolevulinic Acid