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Our review of the literature revealed no patients with giant BCC treated with this combination&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The combination of topical imiquimod 5&#37; and oral retinoids to treat giant BCC did not completely resolve the tumor in our patients&#44; although it did prove useful as neoadjuvant treatment by reducing the size of the tumor&#44; thus enabling us to subsequently administer definitive treatment of the residual BCC&#46; As the imiquimod regimen we prescribed was longer than recommended in the summary of product characteristics&#44; symptoms and laboratory findings were closely monitored&#46; The combination was adequately tolerated in both cases&#44; and no notable adverse effects were recorded&#46; It is worth noting that application of imiquimod to such a large ulcerated area induced systemic symptoms and resolved tumors at some distance from the treatment area&#46; Furthermore&#44; given that the tumor stabilized in both cases despite treatment&#44; it would be important to establish whether some as yet unknown variable&#8212;histologic subtype&#44; tumor area&#44; or development of tolerance to imiquimod&#8212;could affect the response to therapy&#46; The absence of a control group comprising patients treated with imiquimod only prevents us from knowing to what extent acitretin improved the results of therapy&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conclusion</span><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We believe that both of the cases we report illustrate a new therapeutic option in the neoadjuvant treatment of giant BCC&#44; thus facilitating subsequent application of other definitive treatments&#46; However&#44; further studies are necessary to help us understand the synergistic or additive action of both drugs and their therapeutic potential&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conflicts of Interest</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare&#46;</p></span></span>"
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Oral Acitretin and Topical Imiquimod as Neoadjuvant Treatment for Giant Basal Cell Carcinoma
Tratamiento neoadyuvante con acitretino oral e imiquimod tópico en el carcinoma basocelular gigante
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, R. Aguayo, M. Baradad, J.M. Casanova
Departamento de Dermatología, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain
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She consulted in 2002 for a series of skin lesions that had developed gradually over the previous 10 years and that she felt were associated with her underlying skin condition&#46; Nine of the lesions comprised erythematous desquamative plaques with pearly borders on the lower limbs and trunk&#46; The lesions measured 1 to 4<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm in diameter&#44; and some had small dots and globules of gray pigment Two ulcerated lesions were present on her chest&#59; these also had pearly borders with pigmented areas and measured 11 x 18<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm and 4 x 8<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>A&#41;&#46; Analysis of a punch biopsy specimen confirmed them as micronodular BCC&#46; The patient was initially examined at the breast cancer unit&#44; where she refused surgery owing to the potentially considerable damage arising from complete resection of the tumor&#46; Her case was referred to the skin tumor board of our department&#44; where we suggested reducing the size of the tumor using alternative treatment&#46; We prescribed oral acitretin &#40;25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;d&#41; combined with daily topical imiquimod 5&#37; cream&#46; Flu-like symptoms appeared 2 months later&#59; the dose of imiquimod was reduced to 3 alternate days per week&#44; and her symptoms resolved&#46; At 4 months&#44; the smaller lesion had completely disappeared&#44; and the larger lesion was reduced in size by 30&#37; at 4 months &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>B&#41; and 70&#37; at 6 months &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>C&#41;&#46; Of note&#44; analysis of biopsy specimens revealed recurrence of several of the tumors on the lower limbs&#44; which were not treated with topical imiquimod&#46; Even though treatment lasted 9 months&#44; the size of the main tumor remained stable for the last 3 months&#46; At this point&#44; the residual tumor &#40;5 x 7<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm&#41; was treated with surgery&#46; No recurrence of giant BCC has been detected after 8 years of follow-up &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>D&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Patient 2</span><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our second patient was a 63-year-old man who consulted for an ulcerated tumor &#40;10 x 7<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm&#41; with pearly borders on the right cheek and temple&#46; Histopathology confirmed the tumor to be infiltrative BCC&#46; Given the size and location of the lesion&#44; the skin tumor board rejected conventional approaches such as surgery and radiotherapy&#46; The favorable outcome reported in the case described above led the board to recommend starting combination therapy with imiquimod 5&#37; cream and oral acitretin &#40;25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;d&#41;&#46; Marked inflammation was evident 1 month later &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>B&#41;&#46; After 15 weeks&#44; the size of the tumor had been reduced to a maximum size of 3 x 4<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm&#46; However&#44; after 6 months&#44; the tumor was seen to be progressing&#44; possibly owing to a lack of adherence&#46; As the patient refused surgery&#44; we decided to initiate local radiotherapy &#40;200 cGy administered in 30 doses&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>C&#41;&#46; No recurrence of giant BCC has been detected after 2 years of follow-up &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>D&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia></span></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Discussion</span><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Radical resection is the most effective treatment for BCC&#46; However&#44; this approach can prove traumatic if the lesions are in functional areas or affect the patient&#39;s appearance&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> We found that the combination of oral retinoids and topical imiquimod was effective as neoadjuvant treatment to reduce the size of the tumor in 2 patients with giant BCC&#46;</p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Retinoids are used in the primary prevention of nonmelanoma skin cancer in high-risk patients&#44; such as transplant recipients&#44; although they are also an option in the treatment of premalignant and malignant skin lesions&#46; These agents regulate the cell cycle by acting on differentiation&#44; inhibiting growth&#44; and inducing apoptosis&#46; In addition&#44; they improve the cellular immune response and antagonize some well-known tumor promoters&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> We were able to find only 1 case of giant BCC &#40;7<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm&#44; multifocal&#41; treated with oral retinoids in which the tumor remitted completely&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> However&#44; the follow-up period in that study was very short&#46;</p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Imiquimod is an immunomodulator that induces production of interferon &#40;IFN&#41; &#945; by monocytes and dendritic cells&#46; INF-&#945; in turn interacts with type 1 helper T cells to induce release of INF-&#947; and interleukin 2&#46; Thus&#44; it functions as an antiviral agent and favors long-term immunologic memory against tumor cells&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7&#44;8</span></a> Imiquimod has proven effective in different studies on the treatment of nodular and superficial BCC&#44; with cure rates ranging from 60&#37; to 100&#37;&#44; depending on the regimen&#46; The type and depth of the tumor affect the response to treatment&#44; although the results of one prospective study indicate that the initial tumor area is the main predictor of remission&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> Some cases of superficial giant BCC have resolved with topical imiquimod at different doses&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10&#44;11</span></a></p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Retinoids have been considered to have a synergistic effect when combined with imiquimod&#44; IFN-&#945;&#44; or both&#46; These effects are associated with more intense induction of specific genes stimulated by INF-&#945;&#44; including 2&#8217;-5&#8217;-oligoadenylate synthetase and protein kinase R&#46; A study of pulmonary cancerous MCF-7 cells treated with a combination of retinoids and INF-&#945; revealed overregulation of STAT1&#44; an essential component of the signaling pathways of INF-&#945;&#47;&#946; and INF-&#947;&#46; Stimulation of this pathway could account for the effects of the combination of both agents on renal cancer cells&#44; melanoma&#44; and respiratory papillomatosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> Other studies point to additive antineoplastic activity arising from the synergistic inhibition of angiogenesis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13&#44;14</span></a> To our knowledge&#44; 2 patients with multiple BCCs &#40;&#60;2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm&#41; have been treated with this combination&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0075"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15&#44;16</span></a> The first had xeroderma pigmentosum and the second had received Grenz ray therapy on the scalp as a child&#46; Neither of the two was willing to undergo further surgery&#59; therefore&#44; both patients were prescribed oral acitretin and imiquimod 5&#37; cream&#8212;the regimen was not described in the report&#8212;and the lesions resolved&#46; Our review of the literature revealed no patients with giant BCC treated with this combination&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The combination of topical imiquimod 5&#37; and oral retinoids to treat giant BCC did not completely resolve the tumor in our patients&#44; although it did prove useful as neoadjuvant treatment by reducing the size of the tumor&#44; thus enabling us to subsequently administer definitive treatment of the residual BCC&#46; As the imiquimod regimen we prescribed was longer than recommended in the summary of product characteristics&#44; symptoms and laboratory findings were closely monitored&#46; The combination was adequately tolerated in both cases&#44; and no notable adverse effects were recorded&#46; It is worth noting that application of imiquimod to such a large ulcerated area induced systemic symptoms and resolved tumors at some distance from the treatment area&#46; Furthermore&#44; given that the tumor stabilized in both cases despite treatment&#44; it would be important to establish whether some as yet unknown variable&#8212;histologic subtype&#44; tumor area&#44; or development of tolerance to imiquimod&#8212;could affect the response to therapy&#46; The absence of a control group comprising patients treated with imiquimod only prevents us from knowing to what extent acitretin improved the results of therapy&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conclusion</span><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We believe that both of the cases we report illustrate a new therapeutic option in the neoadjuvant treatment of giant BCC&#44; thus facilitating subsequent application of other definitive treatments&#46; However&#44; further studies are necessary to help us understand the synergistic or additive action of both drugs and their therapeutic potential&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conflicts of Interest</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare&#46;</p></span></span>"
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