We recently reported that teledermatology (TD) is valid and reliable in the diagnosis
of actinic keratosis (AK) and field cancerization (Sola-Ortigosa et al.,2020). Although
AK is mostly treated by dermatologists, primary care physicians (PCP) participate
in the management and follow-up (Lowel et al., 2001;
de Berker et al.,2017
). Topical AK treatments usually produce local skin reactions (LSR) that lead to unscheduled
dermatological consultations and treatment withdrawal. We hypothesized that TD could
be used for monitoring topical AK therapy in the primary care setting thus reducing
treatment-related referrals. The objectives of this study were to test TD as a tool
for AK count, analyze the validity and reliability of TD in the clinical response
to an AK topical treatment (ingenol mebutate [IMB]), and study by TD the LSR pattern
of IMB in a real-life scenario of a gatekeeper healthcare system.
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Article Info
Publication History
Accepted:
December 29,
2020
Received in revised form:
December 14,
2020
Received:
June 26,
2020
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-ProofFootnotes
Data Availability Statement: Data sets related to this article can be found at: http://doi.org/10.17632/72463rvd77.1. These data are hosted at Mendeley.
Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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