Immunotherapy and Skin Cancer
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- BOX 5-2 PREVENTING SKIN CANCER: COMMON SENSE AND SUNSCREENS. Scanlon, Valerie C.; Sanders, Tina // Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology;Jan2007, p94
This article offers information on skin cancer. An important factor in skin cancer is exposure to sunlight. Light-skinned people are more susceptible to the effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays, which may trigger mutations in living epidermal cells. The most common forms of skin cancer are squamous...
- Tea Drinkers Have It Made in the Shade. // Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter;Aug2007, Vol. 25 Issue 6, p1
The article looks at how a study from Dartmouth Medical School found that people who drank at least one cup of tea everyday were less likely than people who do not drink tea to develop basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. According to the article, while tea may have antioxidants that may...
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin: Current Strategies for Treatment and Prevention. Bachelor, Michael A.; Owens, David M. // Current Cancer Therapy Reviews;2009, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p37
Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most frequent malignancy in the United States, with over one million new cases reported annually. Approximately 80% of NMSC are basal cell carcinomas (BCC), while the remaining 20% of NMSC are squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). BCC and SCC commonly arise in...
- Burn Notice. // Teen Vogue;May2012, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p92
The article focuses on how tanning causes skin cancer. It says that Caitlin, a native from Brewster, New York, started tanning in college and tried the tanning salon. It states that she developed freckles on her arms and turned out to be malignant melanoma and behind this was tanning beds....
- ABO Blood Group and Incidence of Skin Cancer. Jing Xie; Qureshi, Abrar A.; Yunhui Li; Jiali Han // PLoS ONE;2010, Vol. 5 Issue 8, p1
Background: Previous studies have examined the association between ABO blood group and the risk of some malignancies. However, no prospective cohort study to date has examined the association between ABO blood group and the risk of skin cancer. Methodology/Principal Findings: Using two large...
- Cutaneous Human Papillomaviruses Found in Sun-Exposed Skin: Beta-papillomavirus Species 2 Predominates in Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Forslund, Ola; Iftner, Thomas; Andersson, Kristin; Lindelöf, Bernt; Hradil, Eva; Nordin, Peter; Stenquist, Bo; Kirnbauer, Reinhard; Dillner, Joakim; de Villiers, Ethel-Michele // Journal of Infectious Diseases;9/15/2007, Vol. 196 Issue 6, p876
Background. A spectrum of cutaneous human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is detectable in nonmelanoma skin cancers, as well as in healthy skin, but the significance that the presence of these types of HPV DNA has for the pathogenesis of skin cancer remains unclear. Methods. We studied 349...
- 'HOW I FINALLY . . . wised up about the sun. HANLON, JENNY; CLIFFORD, CATHERINE // Good Housekeeping;Jun2013, Vol. 256 Issue 6, p85
The article discusses the author's experience with basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers and the lessons she learned from it. Topics discussed include her lifestyle when she was young, being diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma on the lip and early squamous cell carcinoma on the her cheek,...
- VARIED MALIGNANT PRESENTATIONS IN A SINGLE CASE OF XERODERMA PIGMENTOS. Shetty, Rahul; Sashidharan, Aashish; Barreto, Elvino; Paul, Kingsly M. // Our Dermatology Online / Nasza Dermatologia Online;Oct2013, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p493
Xeroderma pigmentosum is a autosomal recessive genetic disorder in which cutaneous malignancies are very common. We report a rare case where four different varieties of cutaneous malignancies were seen in the same patient.
- Xeroderma pigmentosum: Composite cutaneous malignancies - A nightmare. Prabhu, Vinod V.; Kale, Shriniketan; More, Sagar // Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology;Jul-Sep2015, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p142
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder of enzymes in which the ability to repair damage caused to DNA by UV light is deficient. As this disorder is commonly due to exposure to sunlight and requires protection from sunlight such patients with the disease are often...
