The Skin Cancer Foundation said, “Squamous cell carcinomas may also occur where skin has suffered certain kinds of injury: burns, scars, long-standing sores, sites previously exposed to X-rays or certain chemicals….”
Avoiding risk factors and increasing protective factors may help prevent cancer.
Avoiding cancer risk factors such as smoking, being overweight, and lack of exercise may help prevent certain cancers. Increasing protective factors such as quitting smoking, eating a healthy diet, and exercising may also help prevent some cancers. Talk to your doctor or other health care professional about how you might lower your risk of cancer.
Different ways to prevent cancer are being studied, including:
* Changing lifestyle or eating habits.
* Avoiding things known to cause cancer.
* Taking medicines to treat a precancerous condition or to keep cancer from starting.
Dr. Sharon B. Bond, Board Certified Dermatologist, said, “We need to start with our babies, protecting their skin from the sun so we can help prevent skin cancer. Those of us who’ve received excess sun exposure, need to change our habits and practice sun safety tips. The emphasis should be on early detection by doing self-examinations. If there are changes-see a dermatologist.”
May is National Skin Care Awareness Month. It is a good time to begin new skin care habits before summer draws us to the pools and lakes and beaches. But skin care protection is also a year round responsibility. Let’s begin today to see that family and friends don’t have to go through the devastation of losing a loved one to skin cancer.
Skin cancer precaution
During the last years the number of cases of skin cancer has drastically risen. The reasons are due to multiple factors:
* Outdoor activities on the increase
* Higher UVR exposure (Solarium)
* Beauty ideals-brown/tanned skin
* Higher UVR exposure due to the depletion of the Ozone layer
* Other environmental factors
Types of skin cancers and their precancerous lesions:
* malignant melanoma
* basal cell carcinoma
* squamous cell carcinoma
* actinic keratosis
The lesions descibed above are particularly taken into consideration during the skin evaluation. Early detection of the lesions leads to early treatment.
So do take time to examine your skin and ask for your partners or friends help when examining the back and head. If you discover a suspicious lesion go promptly to your dermatologist.
Early skin cancer detection check ups are worthwhile in the long run. You are worth it so don’t hesitate and act fast!
Apple cider for Cancer . A few laboratory studies have found that vinegar may be able to kill cancer cells or slow their growth. Observational studies of people have been confusing. One found that eating vinegar was associated with a decreased risk of esophageal cancer. Another associated it with an increased risk of bladder cancer.