Acitretin in Preventing Skin Cancer in Patients at High Risk for Skin Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2006-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use
of acitretin may stop cancer from growing in patients at high risk for basal cell carcinoma
or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
PURPOSE: This randomized trial is studying how well acitretin works in preventing skin cancer
in patients at high risk for skin cancer.