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Actinic Keratosis

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Senile keratosis; Solar keratosis

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Actinic keratosis, also known as solar keratosis and senile keratosis, usually presents as hyperkeratotic projections from the skin in sun-exposed areas. They may begin as thick, scaly, or crusty dry bumps on the skin and are a result of solar damage. These lesions have the potential for malignant transformation to SCCs in about 1% of cases. They should be treated with excision, cryotherapy, dermabrasion, topical chemotherapy, and/or laser resurfacing.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Drexel University, 216 North Broad St, Mail Stop 200, 19102, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Dr. Brandon J. Fisher

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  1. Distinguished University Professor, Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Professor Of Clinical Oncology, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Drexel University College of Medicine, MS 200, 216 North Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-0001, USA

    Theodore E. Yaeger MD

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Fisher, B.J. (2013). Actinic Keratosis. In: Brady, L.W., Yaeger, T.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Radiation Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85516-3_276

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