Researchers at the University of Alberta say public-awareness campaigns warning of the dangers of too much sun exposure may be working, as rates of some types of skin cancer are levelling off, and even dropping.
In a study to be published in the British Journal of Dermatology, dermatologists at the university tracked rates of squamous and basal cell skin cancers in nearly 100,000 people in Alberta over...
The New York Times
Generation B
By MICHAEL WINERIP
Published: May 13, 2010
I’M fair and blond, and one of my first memories as a toddler was the joy of peeling off my flaking skin in long strips after a sunburn. Growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, from spring to fall, we lived outdoors, and my face was often scorched a healthy red like the ruddy Marlboro Man on the TV commercials. Long after my body had turned brown, my face shone bright.
ScienceDaily (Dec. 21, 2009) — Many heart transplant patients develop multiple skin cancers, with increased risk for some skin cancers among patients with other cancers and with increasing age, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
"Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk for skin cancers," the authors write as background information in the article. "Incidence, tumor burden and risk factors...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with a history of skin cancer may want to cut back on the amount of fat they eat to reduce their risk of a second skin cancer, based on study findings from Australia.
The findings link high intakes of total fat to increased risk of developing a type of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma among people who have a history of skin cancer.
Toll-like receptors that activate immune cells being developed as alternative cure to cancer
The Medical News
16. September 2009 05:27
The development of cancer involves the uncontrolled growth of normal cells of the body. Our immune system can sense the growth of the tumor cells and can usually eliminate them using direct killing mechanisms, mediated by natural killer cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes. However, the tumor has an arsenal of strategies to counteract...
