Society guideline links: Photodynamic therapy for actinic keratosis and nonmelanoma skin cancer

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Nonmelanoma skin cancer" and "Society guideline links: Actinic keratosis".)

International

●International Society for Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology (I-PDT): Photodynamic therapy for skin field cancerization – An international consensus (2012)

United States

●American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS): Photodynamic therapy – A clinical consensus guide (2016)

Europe

●European Dermatology Forum (EDF): Guidelines on topical photodynamic therapy 2019 part 2 – Emerging indications: Field cancerization, photorejuvenation and inflammatory/infective dermatoses (published 2020)

●EDF: Guidelines on topical photodynamic therapy 2019 part 1 – Treatment delivery and established indications: Actinic keratoses, Bowen's disease and basal cell carcinomas (2019)

●EDF, European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO) and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC): Diagnosis and treatment of basal cell carcinoma – European consensus-based interdisciplinary guidelines (2019)

●Guidelines for practical use of MAL-PDT in non-melanoma skin cancer (2010)

United Kingdom

●British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) and British Photodermatology Group (BDG): Guidelines for topical photodynamic therapy 2018 (published 2019)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on Photodynamic therapy for non-melanoma skin tumours (including premalignant and primary non-metastatic skin lesions) (2006)