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Types of Skin Cancer
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Types of Skin Cancer
Among one million people suffering from a disease in America, most of them are reported to have Skin Cancer. Cancer develops when normal body cells undergo unnecessary division and growth. According to recent studies, cases of Skin Cancer are developing at a rapid rate. This has resulted in amplified awareness among Americans regarding the treatment and avoidance of Skin Cancer ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"2Sidfv5v","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Diepgen & Mahler, 2002)","plainCitation":"(Diepgen & Mahler, 2002)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":181,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/CKNkWnK9/items/93TFDZD2"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/CKNkWnK9/items/93TFDZD2"],"itemData":{"id":181,"type":"article-journal","title":"The epidemiology of skin cancer","container-title":"British Journal of Dermatology","page":"1-6","volume":"146","issue":"s61","source":"Wiley Online Library","abstract":"Melanoma and non-melanoma (basal and squamous cell carcinoma) skin cancer (NMSC) are now the most common types of cancer in the white populations and the incidence of skin cancer has reached epidemic proportions. According to recent population-based studies from Australia the incidence rate is over 2% for basal cell carcinoma in males and 1% for squamous cell carcinoma, and there are over 50 new cases of melanoma per 100 000.","DOI":"10.1046/j.1365-2133.146.s61.2.x","ISSN":"1365-2133","language":"en","author":[{"family":"Diepgen","given":"T. L."},{"family":"Mahler","given":"V."}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2002"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Diepgen & Mahler, 2002).
Skin Cancer is characterized by three foremost kinds of cancer Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC), Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) and Melanoma. I want to add that BCC and SCC are both non-melanoma Skin Cancers. Merkel cell Tumore and dermatofibrosarcoma protruberans are other sorts of skin cancer that are less likely to occur.
BCC and SCC are malignant tumors and do not usually extent to the additional parts of the body while Melanoma is the most dangerous type and often spreads to other peripheral body parts. If not treated, they can be life-threatening.
Skin Cancers develop at a site of precancerous lesions. These are known to grow at the skin and later develop into a tumor. These are mainly called dysplasia. Initially, the skin is marked with red scaly appearance Actinic Keratosis which eventually develops into SSC. It is most likely to appear as a red bump or smooth spot that develops slowly. BCC appears on a sun-uncovered body as a glowing bump, smooth flesh-colored spot or bluish path on the back. Melanoma is characterized by the initial development of dysplastic nevi but it does not always develop into Skin Cancer. These moles usually appear as a cluster of shiny bumps with the round borders, which may sometimes bleed.
It is known that Skin Cancer is caused by excessive exposure to UV light ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"98sME7nX","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Armstrong & Kricker, 2001)","plainCitation":"(Armstrong & Kricker, 2001)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":183,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/CKNkWnK9/items/ZHRVLSUZ"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/CKNkWnK9/items/ZHRVLSUZ"],"itemData":{"id":183,"type":"article-journal","title":"The epidemiology of UV induced skin cancer","container-title":"Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology","collection-title":"Consequences of exposure to sunlight:elements to assess protection","page":"8-18","volume":"63","issue":"1","source":"ScienceDirect","abstract":"There is persuasive evidence that each of the three main types of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and melanoma, is caused by sun exposure. The incidence rate of each is higher in fairer skinned, sun-sensitive rather than darker skinned, less sun-sensitive people; risk increases with increasing ambient solar radiation; the highest densities are on the most sun exposed parts of the body and the lowest on the least exposed; and they are associated in individuals with total (mainly SCC), occupational (mainly SCC) and non-occupational or recreational sun exposure (mainly melanoma and BCC) and a history of sunburn and presence of benign sun damage in the skin. That UV radiation specifically causes these skin cancers depends on indirect inferences from the action spectrum of solar radiation for skin cancer from studies in animals and the action spectrum for dipyrimidine dimers and evidence that presumed causative mutations for skin cancer arise most commonly at dipyrimidine sites. Sun protection is essential if skin cancer incidence is to be reduced. The epidemiological data suggest that in implementing sun protection an increase in intermittency of exposure should be avoided, that sun protection will have the greatest impact if achieved as early as possible in life and that it will probably have an impact later in life, especially in those who had high childhood exposure to solar radiation.","DOI":"10.1016/S1011-1344(01)00198-1","ISSN":"1011-1344","journalAbbreviation":"Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology","language":"en","author":[{"family":"Armstrong","given":"Bruce K"},{"family":"Kricker","given":"Anne"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2001",10,1]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Armstrong & Kricker, 2001). However, there are other risk factors of skin malignancy such as the use of tanning booths, immunosuppression, exposure to X-rays and other toxic chemicals such as tars and oils.
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ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Armstrong, B. K., & Kricker, A. (2001). The epidemiology of UV induced skin cancer. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 63(1), 8–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1011-1344(01)00198-1
Diepgen, T. L., & Mahler, V. (2002). The epidemiology of skin cancer. British Journal of Dermatology, 146(s61), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.146.s61.2.x
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