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dpc-3683	Koumprentziotis, Ioannis-Alexios; Rompoti, Natalia; Liopyris, Konstantinos; Nicolaidou, Electra; Stratigos, Alexander	Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Comprehensive Review of Randomized Controlled Trials	2024	17	.pdf	application/pdf	12913	688	75	Objectives: This review aims to summarize the available evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) that utilize either ALA or MAL PDT and compare it with other treatment modalities. (data for both sBCC and BD patients) The geometric mean VAS pain scores were 1.55 for APDT and 2.62 for CPDT (P = 0.36) (data for both sBCC and BD patients) Basset-Seguin 2008 18693158 [48] NA Excellent cosmetic outcome with MAL PDT (60% ver- sus 16% with cryotherapy, P = 0.00078) NA ALA = aminolevulinic acid;BD = Bowen disease; EOS = end of clinical study; FUP = follow-up MAL = methyl aminolevulinate; HAL = hexaminolevulinate; NA = not available; NRS = numeric rating scale; ; PDT = photodynamic therapy;SD = standard deviation; SE = surgical excision; TEAE = treatment emergent adverse event; VAS = visual analog scale; 1yFUP =1 year follow-up; 5-FU = 5-Fluorouracil. terms of effectiveness, when compared to 5-FU and MAL- PDT while no major AEs were reported for any arm	cache/dpc-3683.pdf	txt/dpc-3683.txt