Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States, with an increasing annual rate. Defining the mechanism of skin cancer malignancy and progression is the first step towards skin cancer prevention and therapy. “Warburg Effect” describes the preference of glycolysis and lactate fermentation rather than oxidative phosphorylation for energy production in cancer cells, which also p...

 Background: Marjolin's ulcer is a rare, aggressive condition that arises on chronic skin lesions and diseases. In this article, we will report 83 cases of this disease. Methods: Retrospectively, we retrieved 83 records of patients with cancer arising from chronic skin conditions. Data concerning demography, type of original skin insult, time interval between original lesion and cancer, ...

BACKGROUND Our histopathology laboratory serves mountainous area of Hazara Division in Northern Pakistan. This study is an analysis of the records of skin cancers reported over a nine years period to develop local statistics about frequency and characteristics of skin cancers. METHODS Data from 1995-2003 record of cancers reported by Department of Pathology, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad w...

Dermatological malignancies, such as skin cancer, are the most extensively known kinds of human malignancies in people with fair skin. Despite fact that malignant melanoma is type cancer associated highest mortality rate, non-melanoma tumors unquestionably normal. The frequency both and cancers increasing, number cases being studied increasing at a reasonably regular period, according to Nation...

On the roles of skin type and sun exposure in the risk of endometriosis and melanoma The recent paper by Kvaskoff et al. 1 reported observations of endometriosis risk in relation to naevi, freckles and skin sensitivity to sun exposure. The study found significantly increased risk for endome-triosis for those highly sensitive to sun exposure and for those with naevi or freckles. Those with dark ...

Skin cancer is a significant health problem. More than 123,000 new cases per year are recorded. Melanoma the most popular type of skin cancer, leading to more 9000 deaths annually in USA. disease diagnosis getting difficult due visual similarities. While common form other pathology types also fatal. Automatic melanoma screening systems will be useful identifying those cancers appropriately. Adv...

Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms cancer, which can be treated only with early detection disease. The article discusses existing algorithms and methods visual diagnosis melanoma. systems automatic dermatoscopic images used by them are also considered. considers limitations hindering development systems: lack relevant domestic data sets that allow training artificial intelligence mode...

BACKGROUND People with cancer are increasingly turning to the Internet for health-related information. OBJECTIVE To compare the patterns of Internet use of people with skin cancer with previous findings by including people with nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) using a comprehensive survey. To evaluate perceived anxiety levels and overall satisfaction after searching the Internet of people with ...

PURPOSE This paper describes the experience of being diagnosed with skin cancer from the perspective of patients. BACKGROUND Despite the number of people with newly-diagnosed skin cancer increasing each year, the psychological impact of receiving such a diagnosis has received little attention. Research in this area is sporadic and has predominantly focused on malignant melanoma and used a qua...