Non-melanoma skin tumors include basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, Bowen's disease and actinic (or solar) keratosis. Although these tumors can be treated with a range of treatments like radiotherapy, chemotherapy, cryotherapy, surgery, curettage, this guideline primarily focuses on the photodynamic therapy (PDT) and its safety-efficacy profile for the treatment of Non-melanoma skin tumors. Basal cell carcinoma is the most frequent form of skin cancers. It is usually a locally invasive, slow-growing, epidermal skin tumor that hardly metastasizes to other distal body parts.
Although it is not generally fatal, the carcinogenic mass can cause widespread tissue damage in case it remains untreated. Squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common types of skin malignancies. It arises from cells in the epidermis and metastasizes into the adjacent dermal tissues and lymph nodes…
