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Skin Cancer

This type of cancer: Skin Cancer, can be Discussed in this Thread.

People distressed in their lives because of Skin cancer (nonmelanoma) may like to share how they cope to help others around the world who may be searching for answers.

Cancer Skin

Preventing Skin Cancer From the Inside Out

Eating antioxidant-rich foods can bolster skin protection and reduce sunburn redness by 40%, whereas alcohol can dramatically drop the level of antioxidants in the skin within 8 minutes of consumption. Ref. Source 9u.

Skin Cancer Health & Special Psychology

The Risks and Benefits of Sensible Sun Exposure

The Risks and Benefits of Sensible Sun ExposureWe don’t have to choose between the lesser of two evils: skin cancer versus internal cancers from vitamin D deficiency. Ref. Source 8v.

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Are yearly body exams an answer to rising skin cancer rates?

As summer nears and more people prepare to go out in the sun, a dermatologist and dermatopathologist discusses the conflicting recommendations over full body skin inspections. Ref. Source 2u.

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Much like anything else, I think that if you are at risk for this then you should have yearly, or at least every other year, exams. Risk factors would be a history of melanoma in your family, very light skin, and I think people with freckles are also at risk. If you have these risk factors and you have had excessive exposure, you should be checked perhaps more than yearly… but only with excessive exposure. Normal exposure would mean yearly.

Skin Cancer

I think it also depends on your sun exposure too. Even if fair or light skinned if you do not get a lot of sun then perhaps you do not have to worry as much. If you are a sun worshiper then you may need to get checked more.

Skin Cancer - Page 2

Yes, I can see even someone with my Mediterranean complexion that spends a lot of time in the sun should be checked, even without the family history. I just wanted to get it out there that family history plays an important part in this and if you have the history you should definitely get the checkups.

Skin Cancer Psychology Special & Health - Page 2

The naked eye alone is not enough to ensure the accurate diagnosis of skin cancer, say experts. The visual inspection of a suspicious skin lesion using the naked eye alone is not enough to ensure the accurate diagnosis of skin cancer, a group of experts have concluded. Source 3n.