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I used the Tolak cream (form of Fluorouracil, Efudex) a few years ago (twice) on my head to remove the pre-cancerous AKs. It worked very well with similar results over two weeks of application and then the healing.
The cream that Murphy is using for a month to destroy her precancerous cells is called Fluorouracil cream. The cream is designed to kill fast-growing cells—including abnormal cells found in...
This video takes you along on my journey of 24 days using the Fluorouracil (also known as Fluoroplex, Tolak, Efudex, Carac, and Adrucil) as a topical cream chemotherapy treatment. It can treat rough, raised areas of heavily sun-exposed skin ( actinic or solar keratoses ).
Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a skin cream or solution that treats skin cancer. It’s a chemotherapy agent that destroys cancer cells. Follow the instructions on the label to safely apply this cream or solution on your skin.
So here are the pictures of before, during, and after my Efudix treatment … as I wasn’t able to wear makeup, they are not the most flattering of photos, so be kind 😉 ! It doesn’t look like much, but that slightly darkened patch was a skin cancer.
Images submitted by community members of their experience using Efudex or topical chemotherapy for pre-skin cancer spots / actinic keratosis.
A recent randomized control trial of 624 patients comparing 5% fluorouracil cream, 5% imiquimod cream, methyl aminolevulinate photodynamic therapy (MAL-PDT) and 0.015% ingenol mebutate gel demonstrated that 5% fluorouracil was significantly more effective for the treatment of multiple actinic keratoses. 10
Topical fluorouracil is commonly used to treat a skin condition called actinic keratosis (a type of precancerous growth), also called solar keratosis. This skin condition creates rough scaly...
When a dermatologist diagnosed actinic keratoses, she began treatment with Efudix cream. Also known as topical fluorouracil, the cream stops the rapid growth of the lesions, said Dr. Julie...
I began using Flourouracil 5% cream due to a 2nd suspected actinic keratosis. on my face. I'm 49, I live in the south have a pale complection. I found a pretty good video explaigining what the treatment consists of and some of the other options for Actinic Keratosis (pre cancer) here.