Prognostic markers in lentigo maligna patients treated with imiquimod cream: A long-term follow-up study.

Gautschi, Mirja; Oberholzer, Patrick Antony; Baumgartner, Marc; Gadaldi, Karolina; Yawalkar, Nikhil; Hunger, Robert (2016). Prognostic markers in lentigo maligna patients treated with imiquimod cream: A long-term follow-up study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 74(1), 81-87.e1. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.08.031

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BACKGROUND

More data are needed to define factors that predict long-term success after imiquimod therapy for lentigo maligna (LM).

OBJECTIVE

We sought to determine the demographic, clinical, and histologic prognostic markers of relapse-free survival in patients with LM who were treated with imiquimod.

METHODS

This was a single-arm, open-label, nonrandomized, prospective study.

RESULTS

Eighty-nine patients with histologically confirmed LM and a median follow-up time of 4.8 years after imiquimod treatment were included in our study. Sixteen patients (18%) relapsed. Statistically significant indicators of an increased risk of local recurrence included: the total number of melanocytes, the number of basal and suprabasal melanocytes and the number of pagetoid spreading melanocytes.

LIMITATIONS

Our study was a single-center, nonrandomized study.

CONCLUSION

An assessment of different melanocyte fractions in the diagnostic baseline biopsy specimen may help to predict the response of LM to imiquimod therapy.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Dermatology

UniBE Contributor:

Oberholzer, Patrick Antony, Baumgartner, Marc (A), Gadaldi, Karolina, Yawalkar, Nikhil, Hunger, Robert

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0190-9622

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Studer-Gauch

Date Deposited:

09 Mar 2016 10:48

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:34

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.jaad.2015.08.031

PubMed ID:

26601565

Uncontrolled Keywords:

efficacy; follow-up; imiquimod; lentigo maligna; prognostic marker; recurrence; topical immunomodulators

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.76277

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/76277

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