President Nixon declared a "War on Cancer" in 1971, the funding and will behind which paved the way for the establishment of an autonomous National Cancer Institute (NCI). In the…

Mortality rates for nearly all cancers with known screening tests such as cancer of the prostate, cervix, breast and colon have dropped in the past generation. 1 Melanoma kills, and,…

Ulcerated Nodular Nasal Basal Cell Carcinoma Successfully Treated With Imiquimod 5% CreamTo the Editor: Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) represent the most common cutaneous malignancy. It most commonly affects the nose,…

INTRODUCTIONAlthough there has been a significant increase in the occurrence of malignant melanoma (MM) in the last several decades, screening of patients at increased risk by dermatologists in the office…

The UC Davis Department of Dermatology is located in Sacramento, California. Our department is made up of 23 clinical faculty members, six research faculty members and 11 volunteer faculty members.…

Our practice is a university-based referral center with most referrals coming from within the university, a local Veterans Affairs medical center and private practice offices locally and as far away…

INTRODUCTION Ultraviolet (UV) light represents the major factor in skin photoaging and skin cancerogenesis.1,2 UV exposure causes acute inflammatory changes (such as erythema, edema, and subsequently pigmentation or tanning) and…

INTRODUCTIONPsoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by exacerbations and remissions afflicting 1-3 percent of the population.1-3 Forty to fifty percent of patients (in one survey as many as…

INTRODUCTION Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is an inflammatory event that can occur in patients with multibacillary leprosy. In the skin lesions of ENL, immune complexes and split products of activated…

INTRODUCTION Psoriasis is a chronic, often lifelong inflammatory skin disease that affects as many as 7.5 million Americans and 125 million people worldwide.1 Traditional treatments, such as topical applications, phototherapy,…

INTRODUCTION Etanercept (Enbrel,® Immunex-Wyeth, Thousand Oaks, CA) is a recombinant, fully human, soluble, dimeric fusion protein consisting of two copies of the extracellular ligand-binding domain of the human 75 kd…