Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy effectively and safely improves response of thick actinic keratoses lesions by 5-aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy: A randomized, prospective, single-blind trial
Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy combined with PDT showed higher efficacy on grade II and grade III AK lesions than PDT alone. The two groups have similar adverse effects and cosmetic outcomes.
Authors
- Dan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6125-1071)
- Chao Luan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-0953)
- Lili Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3607-0786)
- Ronglin Zhang
- Kun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4231-4502)
- Ju Mei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8753-4062)
- Hongying Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0297-6408)
- Mengli Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4147-394X)
- Shuang Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3282-6635)
- Zhuang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9069-5413)
- Yu Hu
- Yan Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6932-7971)
- Xiaohua Zhang
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Dermatology Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
- Published
- 2024-10-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2024.104363
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77