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Lichen Planus

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  • Condition: Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)
  • Journal: The oncologist
  • Treatment Used: Immune Checkpoint Blockade (ICB) Therapy
  • Number of Patients: 2
  • Published —
This study evaluated the side effects associated with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy (acts as a type of “off switch” that helps keep the T cells from attacking other cells in the body) in patients with squamous cell carcinoma (form of skin cancer; SCC)
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  • Condition: Paraneoplastic Syndromes Associated with Thymoma
  • Journal: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  • Treatment Used: Multi-Modal Treatment
  • Number of Patients: 507
  • Published —
This study examined the association between surgically resected thymomas (thymus tumors) and paraneoplastic syndromes (symptoms associated with cancer) over the past half century.
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  • Condition: Alopecia
  • Journal: Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy
  • Treatment Used: superluminescent diodes
  • Number of Patients: 16
  • Published —
The purpose of the study was to assess the efficacy of novel superluminescent diodes with a "soft-start" as an adjuvant treatment in selected types of scarring alopecia.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Oral Lichen Planus with Anxiety or Depression
  • Journal: Shanghai kou qiang yi xue = Shanghai journal of stomatology
  • Treatment Used: Modified Xiaoyao Pill
  • Number of Patients: 60
  • Published —
This study tested the safety and efficacy of using a modified Xiaoyao pill to treat patients with oral lichen planus that also have anxiety or depression.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Lichen Planus
  • Journal: Frontiers in immunology
  • Treatment Used: Targeting of Th17/Tc17 Cells
  • Number of Patients: 5
  • Published —
The study researched using targeting of Th17/Tc17 cells for lichen planus.
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  • Condition: Erosive lichen planus
  • Journal: Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie
  • Treatment Used: Photopheresis
  • Number of Patients: 11
  • Published —
The study researched the safety and effectiveness of photopheresis in patients with erosive lichen planus.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Oral Lichen Planus (OLP)
  • Journal: The British journal of dermatology
  • Treatment Used: Topical Calcineurin Inhibitor (TCI) vs Topical Corticosteroids (TCS)
  • Number of Patients: 965
  • Published —
This study evaluated compared the effectiveness and safety of topical calcineurin inhibitors (treatments that alter the immune system; TCI) versus topical corticosteroids (have potent anti-inflammatory actions and also suppress the immune response; TCS) for the treatment of oral lichen planus (inflammatory condition that affects the inside of the mouth; OLP).
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Lichen Planopilaris (LPP)
  • Journal: Dermatologic therapy
  • Treatment Used: Tofacitinib
  • Number of Patients: 10
  • Published —
This study evaluated the effectiveness of tofacitinib in the treatment of lichen planopilaris (an inflammatory condition that causes patchy hair loss, mainly on the scalp; LPP).
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Refractory lichen planus of the lip
  • Journal: Dermatologic therapy
  • Treatment Used: Surgical excision and mucosal advancement flap treatment
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
This study evaluated the effect of surgical excision and mucosal advancement flap treatment for refractory lichen planus of the lip.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Oral lichen planus
  • Journal: Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy
  • Treatment Used: Photodynamic and low-level laser therapy
  • Number of Patients: N/A
  • Published —
The study compared the outcomes of photodynamic and low-level laser therapy for treating oral lichen planus.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Generalized Lichen Planus
  • Journal: Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
  • Treatment Used: Methotrexate or Systemic Corticosteroid Therapy
  • Number of Patients: 158
  • Published —
This study compared the clinical outcome of using methotrexate or systemic corticosteroid therapy to treat patients with generalized lichen planus.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Lichen Planus (LP)
  • Journal: Clinical and experimental dermatology
  • Treatment Used: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
  • Number of Patients: 30
  • Published —
This study assessed the potency of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) as an antipruritic line of treatment in patients with lichen planus (LP), a moderately prevalent inflammatory disorder that affects the skin and the oral mucosa, leading to a characteristic appearance and causing severe itching.
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