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What clinical criteria do you use to decide when to start oral nicotinamide for chemoprevention?

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Dermatology · University of Iowa

Consider oral nicotinamide (500 mg bid) for chemoprevention in patients with several non-melanoma skin cancers in the past 5 years or those with high-risk features such as extensive actinic damage or field cancerization. Studies show the strongest evidence for its use in immunocompetent patients wit...

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