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Role of phototherapy in the era of biologics
Phototherapy is a safe and effective treatment for many dermatologic conditions. With the advent of novel biologics and small molecule inhibitors, it is important to critically evaluate the role of phototherapy in dermatology. Surveys have shown that many dermatology residency programs do not dedica...
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by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7194984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32339702 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.095 |
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author | Torres, Angeli Eloise Lyons, Alexis B. Hamzavi, Iltefat H. Lim, Henry W. |
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description | Phototherapy is a safe and effective treatment for many dermatologic conditions. With the advent of novel biologics and small molecule inhibitors, it is important to critically evaluate the role of phototherapy in dermatology. Surveys have shown that many dermatology residency programs do not dedicate time to teaching residents how to prescribe or administer phototherapy. Limitations of phototherapy include access to a center, time required for treatments, and insurance approval. Home phototherapy, a viable option, is also underused. However, it should be emphasized that modern phototherapy has been in use for over 40 years, has an excellent safety profile, and does not require laboratory monitoring. It can be safely combined with many other treatment modalities, including biologics and small molecule inhibitors. In addition, phototherapy costs significantly less than these novel agents. Dermatologists are the only group of physicians who have the expertise and proper training to deliver this treatment modality to our patients. Therefore, to continue to deliver high-quality, cost-effective care, it is imperative that phototherapy be maintained as an integral part of the dermatology treatment armamentarium. |
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spelling | pubmed-71949842020-05-02 Role of phototherapy in the era of biologics Torres, Angeli Eloise Lyons, Alexis B. Hamzavi, Iltefat H. Lim, Henry W. J Am Acad Dermatol Review Phototherapy is a safe and effective treatment for many dermatologic conditions. With the advent of novel biologics and small molecule inhibitors, it is important to critically evaluate the role of phototherapy in dermatology. Surveys have shown that many dermatology residency programs do not dedicate time to teaching residents how to prescribe or administer phototherapy. Limitations of phototherapy include access to a center, time required for treatments, and insurance approval. Home phototherapy, a viable option, is also underused. However, it should be emphasized that modern phototherapy has been in use for over 40 years, has an excellent safety profile, and does not require laboratory monitoring. It can be safely combined with many other treatment modalities, including biologics and small molecule inhibitors. In addition, phototherapy costs significantly less than these novel agents. Dermatologists are the only group of physicians who have the expertise and proper training to deliver this treatment modality to our patients. Therefore, to continue to deliver high-quality, cost-effective care, it is imperative that phototherapy be maintained as an integral part of the dermatology treatment armamentarium. by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. 2021-02 2020-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7194984/ /pubmed/32339702 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.095 Text en © 2020 by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Review Torres, Angeli Eloise Lyons, Alexis B. Hamzavi, Iltefat H. Lim, Henry W. Role of phototherapy in the era of biologics |
title | Role of phototherapy in the era of biologics |
title_full | Role of phototherapy in the era of biologics |
title_fullStr | Role of phototherapy in the era of biologics |
title_full_unstemmed | Role of phototherapy in the era of biologics |
title_short | Role of phototherapy in the era of biologics |
title_sort | role of phototherapy in the era of biologics |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7194984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32339702 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.095 |
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