Actinic Keratosis WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Actinic Keratosis and compiled helpful research notes below.
- eMedicine: Actinic Keratosis emedicine.com - Actinic Keratosis
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Actinic Kertosis nlm.nih.gov - Actinic Kertosis
- MedicineNet: Actinic Kertosis medicinenet.com - Actinic Kertosis
- Mayo Clinic: Actinic Keratosis mayoclinic.com - Actinic Keratosis
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Actinic Keratosis
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Research Notes on Actinic Keratosis
Actinic keratosis is a precancerous skin growth usually caused by sun exposure. Actinic keratosis occurs mostly in fair skin, especially in the elderly and in young individuals with light complexions. The growths occur in sun exposed skin areas. The growths begin as flat, scaly areas that later develop a hard wart-like surface. The are classified as precancerous growths. If left untreated, approximately 1% of actinic keratosis develop into squamous cell carcinoma.
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Latest Headlines on Actinic Keratosis
What is Actinic Keratosis?
- MedTerms (via MedicineNet): Definition of Actinic Keratosis
- VisualDx Health: Definition
- American Osteopathic College of Dermatology: Actinic Keratosis
- Wikipedia: Actinic Keratosis
- American Academy of Dermatology: What are Actinic Keratosis?
What Are The Symptoms of Actinic Keratosis?
- American Academy of Dermatology: What Do Actinic Keratosis Look Like?
- VisualDx Health: What it Looks Like
- Mayo Clinic: Signs and Symptoms
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Symptoms
- Healthwise (via WebMD): What are the Symptoms?
What Are The Causes and Complications of Actinic Keratosis?
- Healthwise (viaWebMD): What is Actinic Keratosis, and What Causes it?
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Causes
- Mayo Clinic: Risk Factors
- NewYork-Presbyterian The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell: What Causes Actinic Keratosis?
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Actinic Keratosis?
- American Academy of Dermatology: Treatment of Actinic Keratosis
- American Osteopathic College of Dermatology: How is it treated?
- MedicineNet: How is an Actinic Keratosis Treated?
- DermNet NZ: Solar Keratosis (Actinic Keratosis) Treatment
- Mayo Clinic: Treatment
What Are The Complications of Actinic Keratosis?
- Mayo Clinic: Complications
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Possible Complications
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Will Actinic Keratosis Progess to Cancer?
How Do You Prevent Actinic Keratosis?
- American Academy of Dermatology: Prevention of Actinic Keratosis
- DermNet NZ: Prevention of Keratosis
- VisualDx Health: Self-Care
- Healthwise (via WebMD): How Can I Prevent Actinic Keratosis?
Discussions, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Actinic Keratosis
- Yahoo Answers: Do All Cases of Actinic Keratosis Develop to SCC?
- HealthBoards: Actinic Keratosis
- Yahoo Groups: Skin Care for Men Support Group
Foundations and Support Groups on Actinic Keratosis
- Skin Cancer Foundation: Support and Education
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Actinic Keratosis
- Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology: Actinic Keratosis
- PubMed Central: Actinic Keratosis
- Google Scholar: Actinic Keratosis
Clinical Trials on Actinic Keratosis
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Actinic Keratosis
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- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Actinic Keratoses, Keratosis, Keratoses
- Last update: Nov. 12, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
