Skin Cancer

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What is Skin Cancer?

Skin cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells. If left unchecked, these cancer cells can spread from the skin into other tissues and organs.

There are different types of skin cancer. Basal cell carcinoma is the most common. Melanoma is less common, but more dangerous.

Alternative Names:

Cancer - skin

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I am currently 25. Cancer runs in my family. When I was 23 I had skin removed of my labia a...
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I found these red, bruise-like spots on my legs (and a few on my stomach)They are about the...
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I accidentally picked at a mole on my face since I thought it was a pimple and now it oozes...
I had Mohs surgery in May of 2008 to remove a basosquamous carcinoma on my nose. It was th...
I have often wondered why primitive people that live in hot climates do not get skin cancer...
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On the back-left side of my neck I periodically get a small blister. It comes and goes may...
Approximately 4 weeks after a red area turned up on my collar bone it was diagnosed as SCC ...

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ABCDE's of Melanoma 


by ChitChatNine, Mar 10, 2009 06:35AM - 5 Comments
Did you know they added E to the warning signs of Melanoma in a mole? EVOLVING mole ? ...

Why Your Skin Deserves It ? Natural Care


by lennon231, Dec 18, 2008 11:20AM
Your skin is your largest organ and absorbs elements of the environment as a sponge. S...

7 Ways to Protect your Skin


by Enoch Choi, MD, Jul 30, 2008 11:52AM - 4 Comments
Spending time in the sun is the best thing about the summer, but unfortunately the wor...

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