Your skincare regimen may protect you from sun damage or boast an advanced formula for wrinkle resistance, but what has it done for you genetically? …
Category: Skin Cancers
Studies show new drug may treat and prevent basal cell carcinoma
Each year approximately 2.8 million people in the United States are diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the country's most common form of cancer. New studies …
The importance of sunscreen in preventing skin cancer
For those of us who live in climes with no shortage of sunny days, spending hours outdoors is a such given that we may forget - especially in the bliss …
Time for teens to stop tanning?
As of January 1, minors in the Golden State are banned from indoor UV tanning. California is the first in the nation to restrict this …
Working to prevent melanoma
The most recent issue of Stanford Cancer Institute News (.pdf) contains a feature on efforts to prevent melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer. Among the work …
Whole-exome sequencing of melanoma completed
Last year in the United States, there were an estimate 68,130 new cases of melanoma and the disease resulted in approximately 8,700 deaths. Findings published …
Hope for basal cell carcinoma prevention?
People with a genetic condition called basal cell nevus syndrome develop hundreds or even thousands of skin cancers, or basal cell carcinomas, each year. Now …
Study finds high prevalence of vitamin-D deficiency among skin cancer patients
A new Stanford study has found that skin cancer patients who avoid the sun are three times more likely to be vitamin-D deficient than healthy …
Intense, rapid sun tanning may increase skin cancer risk
As the end of summer appears on the horizon, resist the urge to spend the remaining days baking in the sun trying to get a …
Common drug might help prevent skin cancers
Canada's CBC News is reporting on a study showing a way to possibly prevent one type of skin cancer. A Stanford dermatologist found that a …