A randomized assessor-blinded comparison of low-irradiance and conventional-irradiance photodynamic therapy for superficial basal cell carcinoma and Bowen disease
Abstract
The inconvenience and pain of hospital-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) is sometimes limiting.1 We developed very low irradiance LEDs for ambulatory PDT. Preliminary studies showed this to be convenient and relatively painless.1-4 Here we evaluate the Ambulight® device (Ambicare Health Ltd) in a randomised controlled assessor-blinded study comparing low irradiance ambulatory PDT (APDT) with conventional PDT (CPDT) for superficial basal cell carcinoma (SBCC) and Bowen's disease (BD) (lesions ≤2cm).
Citation
Ibbotson , S H , Ferguson , J , Moseley , H , Samuel , I D W , Lesar , A & Dawe , R S 2021 , ' A randomized assessor-blinded comparison of low-irradiance and conventional-irradiance photodynamic therapy for superficial basal cell carcinoma and Bowen disease ' , British Journal of Dermatology , vol. Early View , 20762 . https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.20762
Publication
British Journal of Dermatology
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0007-0963Type
Journal item
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