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Some skin cancer rates levelling off, says study

Posted 05-25-2010 at 02:42 PM by admin
CTV.ca News Staff

Date: Mon. May. 24 2010 10:11 PM ET

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...
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For Boomers, Sunblocks Come Late

Posted 05-19-2010 at 06:58 PM by admin
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.

And though I was...
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Heart Transplant Patients Appear to Have Elevated Risk for Multiple Skin Cancers

Posted 12-23-2009 at 01:52 PM by admin
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...
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Low-fat eating best after skin cancer: study

Posted 10-26-2009 at 06:40 PM by admin
Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:29pm EDT

By Joene Hendry

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.

"In addition to protecting...
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Toll-like receptors that activate immune cells being devel. as alt. cure to cancer

Posted 09-22-2009 at 07:00 PM by admin
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...
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