CDC categorizes skin cancer as an epidemic (Hatmaker, 2003). There are three types of skin cancer: basal cell, squamous cell, and melanoma (CDC, 2008a). The percentage of people who are diagnosed with melanoma has doubled in the past 30 years (CDC, 2008a). Melanoma is the deadliest skin cancer and is preventable, since 90% of melanomas are caused by ultraviolet (UV) light or sunlight (CDC, 2008...

BACKGROUND Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. The increased incidence of skin cancer, combined with limited health care resources and tight budgetary conditions, has increased the importance of understanding the economic impact of skin cancer. This research estimates the economic cost of skin cancer in the Australian state of New South Wales. METHOD An incidence based...

SUMMARY Skin cancer formation is on the rise. Only a few case reports, which focus on skin cancer being caused by tattoos, have been published so far. Our aim is to determine whether skin cancer occurrence can be triggered by tattoos. In our presented case, a squamous-cell carcinoma developed inside of the red areas of a multicolored tattoo within months. Furthermore, surgical removal of the ca...

OBJECTIVES To summarize, in tabular form, the current literature and information available for skin cancer preventive behaviors and sun protection recommendations. DATA SOURCES Peer-reviewed literature, web sites of professional and federal organizations. CONCLUSION The link between skin cancer and ultra-violet radiation (UVR) exposure is well documented. Primary skin cancer prevention must...

Ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation exposure increases the risk of skin cancer in whites. Motivated by indications that United States geographic variation of relative skin cancer risk in blacks approaches that in whites, we used Poisson regression to estimate the risk of skin cancer in blacks as a function of average annual surface-levels of UVB radiation, measured by Robertson-Berger meters. United ...

The worldwide incidence of skin cancer has dramatically increased. The genetic, hormonal and environmental factors are involved in the development of skin cancer. Recently, human papillomaviruses are considered to play an important part in skin cancer etiopathogeny. Human papillomaviruses produce epithelial tumours of skin and mucous membranes. The number of patients identified with human papil...

background: normal tissue toxicity continues to remain as a major challenge for radiation oncologists for delivering the total dose to the tumour cells in cancer patients. cellular, molecular and plasma based early biomarkers to predict the overreactions and non-overreactions of normal tissue toxicity before the initiation of radiotherapy can be valuable for personalised treatment. the aim of t...

Background: The most frequently mutated tumor suppressor gene found in human cancer is p53. In a normal situation, p53 is activated upon the induction of DNA damage to either arrest the cell cycle or to induce apoptosis. However, when mutated, p53 is no longer able to properly accomplish these functions. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of p53 gene in cases of skin cancer...