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Title: | Recent advances in treatment of non melanoma skin cancer |
Authors: | Pace, Joseph L. |
Keywords: | Skin -- Cancer -- Treatment Basal cell carcinoma Skin -- Cancer -- Alternative treatment |
Issue Date: | 2006-11 |
Publisher: | Medical Portals Ltd. |
Citation: | Pace, J. L. (2006). Recent advances in treatment of non melanoma skin cancer. The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network, 6, 4-5. |
Abstract: | Actinic (Solar) Keratoses now considered by many authorities to represent a superficial squamous cell carcinoma, 2. Bowen's disease, 3. Basal cell carcinoma, 4. Squamous cell carcinoma. A world wide epidemic of tsunami proportions of NMSC continues, in part due to the: aging of the world's population; • increased frequency of early childhood sunburns; increased exposure to UV light; • fashion trends (arsenic has made something of a comeback being found repeatedly in some alternative medicine preparations from 3rd world countries but now also available in the West); increased leisure, sun-holidays; depletion of ozone layer; and, more recently, immunosuppression (eg. medication following organ transplant and AIDS). Squamous cell carcinoma has increased 30%, whilst Basal cell carcinoma have increased 75% over 10 years in South Wales. It is also likely that similar increases have occurred in other parts throughout the Western world. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/44809 |
Appears in Collections: | The Synapse, Issue 06/06 The Synapse, Issue 06/06 |
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