Therapy with orally administered methoxsalen and ultraviolet A radiation during childhood increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma. The PUVA Follow-up Study.
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Stern, RS; Nichols, KT
Published in: J Pediatr
December 1996
A child was treated from age 18 months to 8 years with oral methoxsalen and ultraviolet A radiation (PUVA) for refractory psoriasis. Two basal cell cancers developed before age 21 years, suggesting that exposure to PUVA in childhood increases the risk of basal cell cancer.
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J Pediatr
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ISSN
0022-3476
Publication Date
December 1996
Volume
129
Issue
6
Start / End Page
915 / 917
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Time Factors
- Skin Neoplasms
- Risk Factors
- Psoriasis
- Pediatrics
- PUVA Therapy
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
- Methoxsalen
- Male
- Humans
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Stern, R. S., & Nichols, K. T. (1996). Therapy with orally administered methoxsalen and ultraviolet A radiation during childhood increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma. The PUVA Follow-up Study. J Pediatr, 129(6), 915–917. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3476(96)70039-2
Stern, R. S., and K. T. Nichols. “Therapy with orally administered methoxsalen and ultraviolet A radiation during childhood increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma. The PUVA Follow-up Study.” J Pediatr 129, no. 6 (December 1996): 915–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3476(96)70039-2.
Stern RS, Nichols KT. Therapy with orally administered methoxsalen and ultraviolet A radiation during childhood increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma. The PUVA Follow-up Study. J Pediatr. 1996 Dec;129(6):915–7.
Stern, R. S., and K. T. Nichols. “Therapy with orally administered methoxsalen and ultraviolet A radiation during childhood increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma. The PUVA Follow-up Study.” J Pediatr, vol. 129, no. 6, Dec. 1996, pp. 915–17. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(96)70039-2.
Stern RS, Nichols KT. Therapy with orally administered methoxsalen and ultraviolet A radiation during childhood increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma. The PUVA Follow-up Study. J Pediatr. 1996 Dec;129(6):915–917.
Published In
J Pediatr
DOI
ISSN
0022-3476
Publication Date
December 1996
Volume
129
Issue
6
Start / End Page
915 / 917
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Time Factors
- Skin Neoplasms
- Risk Factors
- Psoriasis
- Pediatrics
- PUVA Therapy
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
- Methoxsalen
- Male
- Humans