Journal article
Actinic keratosis on the rise in Australia
Eshini Perera, Sean McGuigan, Rodney Sinclair
F1000Research | F1000 Research Ltd | Published : 2014
Abstract
Objectives: To report the burden and cost of actinic keratosis (AK) treatment in Australia and to forecast the number of AK treatments and the associated costs to 2020. Design and setting: A retrospective study of data obtained from medicare Australia for AK treated by cryotherapy between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 2012, by year and by state or territory. Results: The total number of AK cryotherapy treatments increased from 247,515 in 1994 to 643,622 in 2012, and we estimate that the number of treatments will incre..
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