Plasma treatment of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
Our research manuscript was chosen for the cover of the Dermatology and Venereology Review journal.
The manuscript is on “The use of non-thermal atmospheric plasma for the treatment of in situ cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: a case series.”
Summary: Despite its high incidence, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) remains a treatment challenge. Nonthermal, atmospheric pressure plasma (NTAP) is an emerging modality with a broad range of potential applications in dermatology, including the treatment of actinic keratosis. Given the close relationship between actinic keratosis and SCC, we treated three patients with biopsyproven insitu SCC, using NTAP. All three patients have tolerated the treatment very well, and they all reached full clinical resolution of their lesion after 25 treatment sessions. This case series highlights the potential role of NTAP in the treatment of SCC.
Key words: squamous cell carcinoma – non-thermal atmospheric plasma – skin cancer, non-invasive treatment