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ABSTRACT: Many medications are associated with phototoxicity or photoallergy, the two types of photosensitivity. Recently, a warning related to increased skin cancer risk was added to the labeling of the popular diuretic hydrochlorothiazide. This article reviews some photosensitizing medications and describes patient education on preventing and recognizing photosensitivity reactions and skin cancer.
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Dermatitis, Photoallergic , Dermatitis, Phototoxic , Photosensitivity Disorders , Skin Neoplasms , Humans , Dermatitis, Phototoxic/etiology , Dermatitis, Phototoxic/prevention & control , Photosensitivity Disorders/chemically induced , Photosensitivity Disorders/prevention & control , Dermatitis, Photoallergic/prevention & control , Hydrochlorothiazide , Skin Neoplasms/chemically inducedABSTRACT
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed nonskin cancer in men, with 233,000 new cases estimated for 2014. Nearly 30,000 deaths are predicted for 2014, second only to lung and bronchial cancer deaths. Early diagnosis is key to improving patient survival rates. Screening efforts have dramatically increased the detection rate, and now, 90% of new diagnoses are caught at the early stage of disease. However, new data are driving controversial changes to screening and treatment recommendations.
