© 2014 Harborside Press® Skin cancer is the most common cancer type in the United States, affecting more than 3 million people nationally (Cirrone & Harris, 2012). Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma are the two main types of nonmelanoma skin cancer, while the more serious form, melanoma, is in its own category. An estimated 80% of nonmelanoma skin cancers are BCCs (Sekulic e...

It is bewildering, in the face of so much evidence for the potential for cross-infection between patients – cross-infection that may have devastating consequences – that we continue to debate the advantages (numerous and important) and disadvantages (few and largely irrelevant) of keeping patients separated. Amazingly, to my mind, there has been no resolution of the conflicting points of view s...

BACKGROUND Cancer survivors exposed to therapeutic radiation are at increased risk for basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Despite the notable influence of race on rates of BCC in the general population, the same is not clearly defined in previously irradiated cancer survivors. We investigated the influence of race on the development of BCC in adult survivors of childhood cancer. METHODS Using a retr...

BACKGROUND Infection with Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) is a life threatening complication of cystic fibrosis (CF), often seen as a contraindication for lung transplantation. METHODS A long term retrospective study was conducted of all patients with CF undergoing lung transplants from January 1990 to October 2006 in two French centres allowing transplantation in patients colonised with B...

BACKGROUND Infection with Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) results in a heterogeneous clinical course ranging from asymptomatic colonization of the airways to fulminant respiratory failure in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Early eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa improves clinical outcomes. The efficacy and clinical outcomes following implementation of an eradication protocol for Bcc ...

Background: To distinguish a basal cell carcinoma (BCC) from a trichoepithelioma (TE) can be diffi cult even for an experienced dermatopathologist. Objective: In this study, we sought to reconfi rm the androgen receptors (AR) immunostaining pattern of BCC and TE and to determine whether AR immunoreactivity could serve as a useful maker to differentiate these two tumors. Methods: Twenty-one case...

Burkholderia is an important bacterial genus with a complex taxonomy that contains species of both ecological and pathogenic importance, including nine closely related species collectively termed the Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC). Unfortunately, 16S rRNA gene analysis has proven to be not sensitive enough to discriminate between species of the BCC. Alternative species identification strate...

UV can cause a wide range of DNA lesions. UVA-induced oxidative DNA damage and blocked DNA replication by UVB-induced photoproducts can lead to double-strand breaks (DSBs). We selected 11 haplotype-tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms in three DSB repair genes XRCC2, XRCC3, and LigaseIV and evaluated their associations with skin cancer risk in a nested case-control study within the Nurses' H...