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321 questions · 328 findings · 23 reviews · Skin

No studies found 119 · 36.3%GRADE not reported 15 · 4.6%Very low 64 · 19.5%Low 72 · 22%Moderate 41 · 12.5%High 17 · 5.2%

Radiotherapy vs surgical excision

Recurrence · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Radiotherapy may leads to higher recurrence at 3 years compared with surgical excision (with or without frozen section margin control) (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Radiotherapy vs surgical excision

Cosmetic outcome (good/excellent) · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Radiotherapy probably leads to lower cosmetic outcome (good/excellent) compared with surgical excision (with or without frozen section margin control) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Medium‐dose UVA‐1 phototherapy (50 J/cm²) vs low‐dose UVA‐1 phototherapy (20 J/cm²)

Adverse events associated with treatment · children and adults with active morphea (circumscribed morphea, linear scleroderma (with trunk/limb variant and head variant), generalised…

Medium‐dose UVA‐1 phototherapy (50 J/cm²) showed no clear difference in primary outcome: Adverse effects compared with low‐dose UVA‐1 phototherapy (20 J/cm²) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Medium‐dose UVA‐1 phototherapy (50 J/cm²) vs low‐dose UVA‐1 phototherapy (20 J/cm²)

Secondary outcome: Improvement of disease damage ‐ not measured · children and adults with active morphea (circumscribed morphea, linear scleroderma (with trunk/limb variant and head variant), generalised…

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Etretinate with PUVA therapy as co‐intervention vs placebo with PUVA therapy

Proportion of participants cleared or almost cleared ‐ · chronic palmoplantar pustulosis

It is very uncertain whether etretinate with PUVA therapy as co‐intervention changes proportion of participants cleared or almost cleared in the short… compared with placebo with PUVA therapy (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review