New hope for actinic keratoses
What effect can a new agent, ingenol mebutate, have in treating skin lesions?
27th February 2014
Actinic keratoses (AK) — also known as solar keratoses — are pre-malignant scaly macules that occur on sun-exposed areas such as the face, neck and dorsa of hands.1

The sap of the radium weed (Euphorbia peplus)
Pathophysiology of actinic keratoses
AKs are one of the most commonly encountered dermatological presentations in primary care. In Australia, their prevalence is 40-50% in Caucasians aged over 40,