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Skin Cancer Detection
 In the United States, one in every three cancers is skin cancer. There are a total of more than 700,000 new cases reported this year alone. That is an amazing increase from last year.
Skin cancer is considered as the most common form of human cancer. The sun works in a numerous ways to cause skin cancer from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
When excessive sun exposure happens, you skin will become tanned or even burned and if this is the case, you skin cells is damage. The good news is most common types of skin cancers can be cure and has more than 95% if they are detected and treated as soon as possible.
Altogether, there are three types of skin cancers.
There are Basal Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma. All of them are classified under the types of epidermal cells involved.
Of the three, Melanoma is the most serious. According to American Cancer Society, they should be more than 51,000 new cases reported yearly.
Skin cancers mostly occur in locations such as the legs, arms, trunk and the scalp in men.
One can find out if they have skin cancer by looking for two or more colors like grey, red, brown. When you notice these symptoms, you should seek treatment and have it diagnosed and removed. If it is thin and limited to the outermost layer of your skin, it will be 100% curable.
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90% of all skin cancer in the United States is basal cell carcinoma. Chronic exposure to sunlight is the main cause of all the basal cell carcinomas. Basal cell carcinoma mostly occurs on location such as the face, neck, scalp, shoulders, ears, and back.
In the past, women tend to get basal cell carcinomas, but now it seem men has surpassed women.
If you have fair skin, blonde or red hair and blue, gray or green eyes, the risk of getting it is higher. Although you can notice its growth by its skin colored but occasionally it can be darker brown.
Squamous cell carcinoma which is the second most common skin cancer afflicts more than 200,000 Americans yearly.
Like basal cell carcinoma, chronic exposure to sunlight is the cause of squamous cell carcinoma. It mostly occurs on locations such as the face, hands, shoulder, arms, back and bald scalp.
If you are always exposure to the sunlight, you will be prone to squamous cell carcinoma. If you have fair skin, light hair and green, blue, or gray eyes, you will be at a higher risk of getting squamous cell carcinoma.
That is why it is important that you are aware of the dangers of excessive sun exposure.
The best way to avoid all types of skin cancer is to reduce the amount of time you get exposed under the hot sun. When you are outside under the hot sun, it is best you seek some shade especially when it is between 1000 and 1600 hours.
When going out, you should use a sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or more. It is advised you examine your skin from head to toe every month to check for skin cancer symptoms and see your doctor yearly for a professional skin examination.
You should keep your newborns out of the sun and sun screen should be apply on babies after the age of six months.
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