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Description of Skin Cancer Types (Part 1)
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma (or squamous cell carcinoma) develops in the middle layers of the epidermis and accounts for 20% of all cases of skin cancer.
Usually occurs in areas that have been exposed to the sun, like the top of the nose, ears, forehead, upper lip and backs of hands.
You can also occur in [...]
Skin Cancer Introduction
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010What is it?
Skin cancer is a disease caused by the development of cancerous cells in any of the layers of the skin.
There are two types: non-melanoma and melanoma.
The non-melanoma cancer is the most common and is called nonmelanoma because they formed from other skin cells are not accumulating pigment (melanocytes). Within this type are all [...]
