CANADA LESIONS
July 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIEA NEW cream that boosts the immune system to recognise, seek out and destroy dangerous pre-cancerous cells has been approved in Canada to treat skin lesions caused by sun exposure. The cream called Aldara represents a less painful way of removing lesions than traditional surgery with liquid nitrogen or a razor. 3M Pharmaceuticals says the cream is the first in a new class of immune-response modifiers. Clinical trial results, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, found that the cream treated lesions before they appeared on ...
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