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What approach, or dosing interval, do you find is most effective reducing side effects of Hedgehog Inhibitors (i.e., vismodegib) for patients with numerous BCC?

Pedersen et al., PMID 36430669 Farberg et al., PMID 38896403 Ip & McKerrow, PMID 34160825
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Medical Oncology · University Hospitals
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I have scarcely used hedgehog inhibitors as a preferred treatment in BCC. I rely more on Immunotherapy or clinical trials or even prefer local RT for a non-IO responsive BCC. Having said that, I usually begin at full dose and go down to alternate day dosing if patients have terrible side effects. I ...

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Dermatology · Epiphany Dermatology
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As a former speaker for one of these medications, I rarely use sonic hedgehog inhibitors nowadays. That said, I recently saw a Gorlin’s patient who successfully was treated for seven years with good effect and remarkable tolerance. That ultimately is the problem with the class of medicines: that eve...

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