BACKGROUND Sun exposure is the single most important risk factor for skin cancer, but sun exposure may also have beneficial effects on health. We tested the hypothesis that individuals with skin cancer (non-melanoma skin cancer and cutaneous malignant melanoma) have less myocardial infarction, hip fracture and death from any cause, compared with general population controls. METHODS We examine...

Abstract: Skin cancer melanoma and non melanoma are common neoplasm with rising incidence over the last decades. It is an important public health problem. Its pathogenesis is not completely understood and the same happens with the genetic factors involved. The genes that encode the HLA are associated with some tumors and they may be responsible for one of the mechanisms that take part in the de...

Fluorescent diagnostics is a promising method for diagnosing non-melanocytic skin tumors, which makes it possible to identify clinically undetectable cancer foci and clarify the margin of tumor lesion. The main drugs ‹uorescent are based on 5-aminolevulinic acid its methyl ester. Sensitivity indicators in basal cell, squamous cell carcinoma extramammary Paget’s disease reach 79.0-100.0%, speci ...

Melanoma is originating from melanocytes, it a malignant tumor with high metastatic potential. It the leading cause of moratlity skin cancer, Nail melanoma rare form melanoma. we report new case this localization

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...

Skin cancer, including melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), represents the most common type of malignancy in the white population. The incidence rate of melanoma is increasing worldwide, while the associated mortality remains stable, or is slightly decreasing. On the other hand, the incidence for NMSC varies widely, with the highest rates reported in Australia. In the current review, w...

Skin cancer is the deadliest form of cancers in humans. Skin cancer is commonly known as Melanoma. Melanoma is named after the cell from which it presumably arises, the melanocyte. Skin Cancers are of two typesBenign and Malignant Melanoma. Melanoma can be cured completely if it is detected early. Both benign and malignant melanoma resembles similar in appearance at the initial stages. So it is...