A disease caused by ultraviolet light that comes from the sun’s rays.
UV light hits skin unprotected by SPF, causing premature aging.
Actinic keratosis (AK) is a scaly and rough patch of skin caused by years of sun damage. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Mohs surgery, a precise technique for removing skin cancer, is used to treat melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.
Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer and among the most aggressive of all cancers, but it can be cured if caught in the early stages.
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Lymph nodes can be used to determine whether cancer has become metastatic, meaning it’s begun to spread from the original tumor site to other parts of the body.
Photodynamic therapy uses blue fluorescent light (no surgery or needles) to eradicate precancerous cells caused by sun exposure.
Metastatic cancer occurs when cells from part of the body spread to the brain.
Basal cell carcinoma accounts for 80 percent of all skin cancers. The cause is damage to the DNA of cells in the epidermis, the top layer of the skin.