For the many people who are told they have skin cancer, there several lucky ones. Although it’s never a good thing to be told you have any type of cancer, most people who are diagnosed with skin cancer are diagnosed so early, that it’s very curable.
But…be careful, even after you’ve been given the all clear. According to a study out of Ireland, if you’ve been diagnosed and cured of melanoma, the more serious of the two types of skin cancer, you have twice the risk of developing another type of cancer. If you’ve been diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, …read more

I’m a firm believer in a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is a brief video of a man named Noah, who now goes for regular skin check ups since his father died of melanoma, skin cancer. Click on the TV screen to watch the short video:

Are you at high risk? Do you get your skin checked? My husband does, every six months and he’s had several suspicious spots removed. So did my oldest son when he was about 17 or son.
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Tags: cancer blog, melanoma, skin cancer checks

Malignant melanoma, an aggressive skin cancer, usually has a grim prognosis. Sadly, malignant melanoma has increased world-wide, to five times what it used to be 30 years ago. It is also responsible for 90% of skin cancer deaths. I knew someone who had this diagnosis and it was surprising how quickly it spread.
According to a press release, Dangerous skin cancer, German researchers have come up with a new set of guidelines to diagnose and treat the disease.

The German Cancer Society recommends specific treatments or therapeutic combinations, depending on the thickness of the tumor and its stage. For example, if the …read more

Republican party presidential candidate John McCain is a survivor of melanoma –  a deadly form of skin cancer.
Earlier this week, a spot in his right cheek was removed as part of a routine check-up. Following biopsy results have showed that McCain is cancer-free.
Presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain, who has a history of dangerous melanomas, had a spot of skin removed from his face today, his campaign said.
The patch of skin was removed from McCain’s right cheek during a routine checkup in Arizona, the candidate said. In 2000, an invasive melanoma was removed from the senator’s left temple.
McCain denied there …read more

Did you know that May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month?
I didn’t too. I just found out from The Beauty Channel.
Read it all here: Did you know it’s skin cancer awareness month? We do!
I agree, we must take precaution before basking out in the sun. Skin cancer happens. So it doesn’t hurt to put on the sunscreen that fits you and remember to moderate your stay in the sun. It pays to be cautious and not just act like you cannot have enough sun.
Here in the Philippines, summer is almost over. Summertime here is beach time. If your summer is …read more

What kind of lip balms or glosses do you use? You may want to stay away from the shiny ones as they may attract ultraviolet rays (UV rays of the sun) and thereby increase the rtisk of skin cancer.
Such were the findings of Dr. Christine Brown, a dermatologist at at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
Lips are more susceptible than skin to aging from chronic sun damage and also more prone to developing serious cancers.
“When skin cancer occurs on the lower lip, it has the potential to be much more aggressive and metastasize to surrounding lymph nodes,” Brown said …read more

After removal of several cancerous moles (one right under his right eye), Ewan McGregor is reportedly fine.
“I went to see a specialist who thought they were better to be removed, and indeed he was correct,” he said.
McGregor, who is promoting the erotic thriller Deception, insisted the surgery was “not that big of a deal”.
The star admitted he was aware that having pale skin and spending time in the sun meant he was more at risk, and it “was best to be looked at” by doctors.
When asked if he found the experience frightening he said, sarcastically: “It was great fun having …read more

Melanoma – a skin cancer – when on scalp and the neck are more deadly. Such were the findings of a team from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).
Researchers analyzed 51,704 melanoma cases in the United States and found that patients with scalp or neck melanomas died at 1.84 times the rate of patients with melanoma elsewhere on the body, including the face or ears.
The five-year survival rate for patients with scalp-neck melanomas was 83 percent, compared with 92 percent for patients with melanomas at other sites. The 10-year survival rate was 76 percent for scalp-neck melanomas and …read more

Anderson Cooper recently had a skin cancer scare. Yup. That Anderson Cooper!
U.S. television journalist Anderson Cooper reveals on his Web site that he had a “small spot” of skin cancer removed from his face this week.
“I’ve been off for the last couple of days,” the CNN news presenter wrote on his blog Wednesday morning.
“I had minor surgery on Monday. A small spot of skin cancer was removed from under my left eye. I hadn’t planned on mentioning this but I still have stitches and you’ll no doubt notice them tonight,” he explained. “Don’t want you to think I got into …read more

Mole and melanoma are both melanocytes that turn separate ways when given the same genetic mutation: one stops growing turning into a benign mole while the other gets out of control developing into melanoma.
Melanoma is a cancer that develops from pigment-producing cells in the skin called melanocytes – thereby can be deadly.
Now, researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) discovered a protein that stops the growth of melanoma – led by Michael Green.
Green and his colleagues began by designing experiments that would help them determine what separates melanomas from ordinary moles at the genetic level.
Moles, also known as nevi, …read more