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      Coupled blue and red light-emitting diodes therapy efficacy in patients with rosacea: two case reports

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          Abstract

          Background

          Rosacea is a common inflammatory skin condition affecting approximately 5% of the world population. Therapeutic approaches to rosacea are focused on symptom suppression by means of anti-inflammatory agents. More recently, photodynamic therapy, especially light-emitting diodes, has been introduced as a valid alternative to conventional therapy.

          Case presentation

          In the present work, we reported the efficacy and safety of light-emitting diodes therapy combining blue (480 nm) and red (650 nm) light for the treatment of two patients with papulopustular rosacea: a 22-year-old Caucasian woman and a 68-year-old Caucasian man.

          Conclusions

          This kind of treatment could represent an effective, safer, and well-tolerated approach for the treatment of such conditions.

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            Photodynamic therapy in oncology.

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            Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is increasingly being recognized as an attractive, alternative treatment modality for superficial cancer. Treatment consists of two relatively simple procedures: the administration of a photosensitive drug and illumination of the tumor to activate the drug. Efficacy is high for small superficial tumors and, except for temporary skin photosensitization, there are no long-term side effects if appropriate protocols are followed. Healing occurs with little or no scarring and the procedure can be repeated without cumulative toxicity. Considering the efficacy and lack of long-term toxicity of PDT, and the fact that the first treatment of cancer with PDT was done more than 100 years ago, one might expect that this treatment had already become an established therapy. However, PDT is currently offered in only a few selected centers, although it is slowly gaining acceptance as an alternative to conventional cancer therapies. Here, we show the developmental steps PDT underwent and summarize the current clinical applications. The data show that, when properly used, PDT is an effective alternative treatment option in oncology.
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              New insights into the management of acne: an update from the Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne group.

              Diane Thiboutot, Harald P.M. Gollnick, Vincenzo Bettoli … (2009)
              The Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne published recommendations for the management of acne as a supplement to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology in 2003. The recommendations incorporated evidence-based strategies when possible and the collective clinical experience of the group when evidence was lacking. This update reviews new information about acne pathophysiology and treatment-such as lasers and light therapy-and relevant topics where published data were sparse in 2003 but are now available including combination therapy, revision of acne scarring, and maintenance therapy. The update also includes a new way of looking at acne as a chronic disease, a discussion of the changing role of antibiotics in acne management as a result of concerns about microbial resistance, and factors that affect adherence to acne treatments. Summary statements and recommendations are provided throughout the update along with an indication of the level of evidence that currently supports each finding. As in the original supplement, the authors have based recommendations on published evidence as much as possible.
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                Contributors
                Elisabetta Sorbellini: elisabettasorbellinimd@gmail.com
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Med Case Rep
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Med Case Rep
                Title: Journal of Medical Case Reports
                Publisher: BioMed Central (London )
                ISSN (Electronic): 1752-1947
                Publication date (Electronic): 28 January 2020
                Publication date PMC-release: 28 January 2020
                Publication date Collection: 2020
                Volume: 14
                Electronic Location Identifier: 22
                Affiliations
                [1 ]International Hair Research Foundation (IHRF), Milan, Italy
                [2 ]Dermatology, Nigrisoli Private Hospital, Bologna, Italy
                Article
                Publisher ID: 2339
                DOI: 10.1186/s13256-019-2339-6
                PMC ID: 6988247
                PubMed ID: 31992343
                SO-VID: 92b70cf8-56db-445e-a18c-2fe04bc48853
                Copyright © © The Author(s). 2020
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                Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.

                History
                Date received : 5 June 2019
                Date accepted : 22 December 2019
                Categories
                Subject: Case Report
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                issue-copyright-statement © The Author(s) 2020

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Medicine
                Keywords: rosacea,light-emitting diodes,led,photodynamic therapy
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Medicine
                Keywords: rosacea, light-emitting diodes, led, photodynamic therapy

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