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Drinking coffee MAY reduce your risk of a common type of skin cancer (BCC)…
The Los Angeles Times (October 25, Brown) “Booster Shots” blog reports that according to research presented yesterday at the American Association for Cancer Research International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, “drinking coffee was associated with decreased risk of a common … Continue reading
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Solarium and skin cancer risk quantified…
The Los Angeles Times (October 26, Khan) “Booster Shots” blog reports that “the more you use a tanning bed, the higher your risk of deadly skin cancers, according to research presented at” the AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research. … Continue reading
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Melanoma is the most common form of cancer in young women…
Melanoma Most Common Form Of Cancer In Young Women. The Chicago Tribune (Aug 24, Berger) reports that melanoma incidents “have increased for at least 30 years, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, and the rate among white women aged 15 to … Continue reading
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Non-melanoma skin cancer recurrence, low after curettage…
Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) (which includes common skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma, BCC and squamous cell carcinoma, SCC) patients have a less than 5% long-term recurrence rate after treatment using three different techniques, suggest study findings. There are … Continue reading
Vitamin D, Calcium may prevent melanoma in women with prior history…
Medscape (July 5, Mulcahy) reported that although Vitamin D and calcium do not reduce the overall rate of melanoma or nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in post-menopausal women, a study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that, in women with … Continue reading
Mole changes more likely in children, elderly than middle-aged…
Benign moles are twice as likely to undergo changes in children and the elderly compared with middle-aged adults, an Australian study findings suggest. But these changes are more likely to be benign when they occur in children than when they … Continue reading
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Women with melanoma have better survival, lower metastases risk than men…
Women have significantly better melanoma-specific survival than men, say researchers, largely due to having a lower risk for lymph node and visceral metastases. “These results suggest differences in tumor-host interaction across gender,” say Arjen Joosse (Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The … Continue reading
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Sunscreens alone cannot prevent skin cancer…
“The Chart” blog reported that, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), “sunscreens alone cannot prevent cancer,” a message the group drives home in its latest sunscreen report, encouraging people to stay in the shade, don clothing protective of the sun, … Continue reading
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