Method for treating cancerous and pre-cancerous skin

US11253724B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GenesisCare Ventures Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

• Christopher Baker · Canteen Creek, AU
• Judith Mary Cole · Sydney, AU
• Robert Sinclair · Sydney, AU
• Warren Weightman · Sydney, AU
• Stephen Shumack · Sydney, AU
• Lynda Spelman · Sydney, AU
• Peter Robert Foley · Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 24, 2021
• Grant date: Feb 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H50/20
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for treating clinical or pre-clinical skin damage in a skin field of a subject, wherein the skin field has been allocated a skin cancerization field index (SCFI) score of at least 1 as determined by a process comprising the steps of: (i) assessing the number of keratoses in the skin field; (ii) assessing the thickness of the thickest keratosis in the skin field; and (iii) assessing the proportion of the field affected by clinical or subclinical skin damage. Based on the assessments made in (i), (ii) and (iii) the subject is optionally treated by at least one of (a) freezing one or more lesions, (b) shaving, curetting or surgically removing one or more lesions, (c) applying a topical treatment for actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma, and (d) radiation therapy.