Publications by authors named "G M Di Lella"
Actinic keratosis (AK) is a widespread pre-cancerous skin condition that may evolve to squamous cell carcinoma, a non-melanoma skin cancer, which is able to become locally invasive and metastatic. Thus, it is important to treat AK. : We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis for the field-directed therapeutic approaches: local application of drugs containing 5-fluorouracil, both alone at a 4% concentration and associated to 10% salicylic acid at a 0.
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- Diagnosing solitary pink skin lesions is challenging due to the overlap of clinical features among both benign (like cherry angiomas) and malignant lesions (such as basal cell carcinoma).
- Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) improves diagnostic accuracy beyond traditional dermoscopy, offering better sensitivity and specificity for identifying these lesions.
- Despite advancements, a definitive diagnosis still requires surgical excision and histopathological analysis to ensure correct treatment.
We present the case of a 55-year-old male patient who came to our attention because of a basal cell carcinoma of the right retroauricolar area, near the mastoid-auricle border. The tumor had a size of about 1.5 cm.
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- The study focuses on the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in skin tumors, particularly Bowen's disease (BD) and in situ squamous-cell carcinoma (iSCC).
- It investigates how factors like gender, the location of the tumors, and HPV interplay contribute to the development of these skin cancers.
- The research aims to clarify the complexities involved in the origins and causes of these malignancies.