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Skin Cancers Rise, Along With Questionable Treatments
John Dalman had been in the waiting room at a Loxahatchee, Fla., dermatology clinic for less than 15 minutes when he turned to his wife and told her they needed to leave. Now.
“It was like a fight or flight impulse,” he said.
His face numbed for skin-cancer surgery, Mr. Dalman, 69, sat surrounded by a half-dozen other patients with bandages on their faces, scalps, necks, arms and legs. At a previous visit, a young physician assistant had taken 10 skin biopsies, which showed slow growing, nonlethal cancerous lesions. Expecting to have the lesions simply scraped off at the next visit, he had instead been told he needed surgery on many of them, as well as a full…
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Newly Discovered Mechanism Helps Our Own Immune Systems Fight Cancer
A new generation of cancer drugs has been developed in recent years which blocks proteins that inhibit immune activity against malignant tumors. “These drugs have shown remarkable success in several tumor types...
Your skin is crawling with bacteria, and some of them might help fight cancer
Common microbes seem to help treat cancer—at least in mice.
Australian Researchers Believe They Can Stop Melanoma In Its Tracks
Australian researchers assisting in the fight against melanoma have conducted groundbreaking clinical trials that appear to stop the disease's deadly progression. The spread of the disease was prevented in Stage III patients who previously had a 40-70 percent chance of developing advanced and fatal melanoma.
New Drugs Treat Advanced Stages of a Common Skin Cancer
Basal-cell carcinoma doesn’t often progress to advanced stages, but when it does, it can be life-threatening. Only recently are drug therapies available for advanced disease.
Skin Cancer Removal With Miniaturized Radiation
The new procedure, called surface electronic brachytherapy, or eBx, is beginning to cause a stir in the world of non-melanoma skin cancers, the most common type of cancer. The American Academy of Dermatology’s official position is that surgery is the most effective treatment, and that more long-term data is needed before the safety and effectiveness of eBx can be determined.
Skin Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information about the treatment of skin cancer. It is intended as a resource to inform and assist clinicians who care for cancer patients. It does not provide formal guidelines or recommendations for making health care decisions.
Skin Cancers Rise, Along With Questionable Treatments
The once sleepy field of dermatology is bustling these days, as baby boomers, who spent their youth largely unaware of the sun’s risk, hit old age. The number of skin cancer diagnoses in people over 65, along with corresponding biopsies and treatment, is soaring. But some in the specialty, as well as other medical experts, are beginning to question the necessity of aggressive screening and treatment, especially in frail, elderly patients, given that the majority of skin cancers are unlikely to be fatal.
Skin Therapy Letter
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TopicalInfo
This web site presents skin cancer treatment and prevention information to enable natural healing of squamous or basal cell carcinoma. Practical strategies for skin cancer prevention and treatment based on enhancing the body's natural defenses are provided, including descriptions of topical home remedies.
National Cancer Institute
This summary refers to the treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer and actinic keratosis. Nonmelanoma skin cancers rarely spread to other parts of the body. Melanoma, the rarest form of skin cancer, is more likely to invade nearby tissues and spread to other parts of the body.
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