Basil Cell Carcinoma: Skin cancer awareness

Posted by Unknown Thursday, September 8, 2011

Leave bare skin when outside can lead to sun damage and increased risk of skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States. A 58 will be diagnosed with melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer during their lifetime.




Melanoma is the most common cancer in young adults 25 to 29 years and the second most common for teenagers and young adults 15 years to 29, depending on the facts provided by dermatologist Dr. Sarah Cash, the Dermatology Group of the Carolinas . Like all other cancers, early detection is the best tool in the fight against skin cancer. Caucasians with fair skin are most at risk of developing any form of skin cancer, including melanoma.

Cash recommends skin cancer examination begins about 20 years. One in five people in the United States to develop some form of skin cancer during their lifetime. "The best way to find skin cancer as its first, most treatable stage is to examine your skin regularly and with a dermatologist to perform full-body skin cancer," Cash says. Previous studies show that tanning beds increase the risk of skin cancer by 75 percent.

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