News tagged with basal cell carcinoma
Related topics: carcinoma , skin cancer , squamous cell carcinoma
New skin patch treatment kills most common form of skin cancer
A customized patch treatment for basal cell carcinoma completely destroys facial tumors without surgery or major radiation therapy in 80 percent of patients studied, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 2012 ...
Cancer
Jun 11, 2012 |
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Early childhood neglect may raise risk of adult skin cancer
Skin cancer patients whose childhood included periods of neglect or maltreatment are at a much greater risk for their cancers to return when they face a major stressful event, based on a new study.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 04, 2012 |
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Coffee consumption associated with decreased risk for basal cell carcinoma
Caffeine could be related to an inverse association between basal cell carcinoma risk and consumption of coffee, a study found.
Cancer
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Researchers identify skin cancer genes
(Medical Xpress) -- The genes which contribute to the most frequently occurring life threatening form of skin cancer have been identified for the first time by a research collaboration between the University ...
Cancer
Nov 10, 2011 |
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FDA approves Roche skin cancer drug Erivedge
(AP) -- Federal regulators on Monday approved a pill that treats the most common type of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma.
Medications
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Dose-Response link between tanning bed use, skin cancer
(HealthDay) -- Use of tanning beds, especially in high school and college, is associated with an increased risk of skin cancer, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Cancer
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Researcher watches the start of his own disease with unprecedented detail
These days, most of us don't head to the doctor until we are already ill. What if you could see disease approaching just as it starts to head your way? A study in a special March 16th issue of Cell focused on human biolog ...
Genetics
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Study finds psoriasis treatment increases skin cancer risk
(HealthDay) -- The long-term risk of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is significantly increased for patients with severe psoriasis who receive more than 350 psoralen and ultraviolet A (PUVA) treatments compared ...
Cancer
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Coffee consumption inversely associated with risk of most common form of skin cancer
Increasing the number of cups of caffeinated coffee you drink could lower your risk of developing the most common form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a jour ...
Cancer
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Basal cell carcinoma risk can be chronic
In the powerful sunlight of July, newly published results from a large study of people at high risk for basal cell carcinoma support the emerging view of the nation's most common cancer as a chronic ailment ...
Cancer
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Skin cancer bill to skyrocket by 2015, Australian study finds
Taxpayers will be spending over $700m annually to treat Australia's most common skin cancers by the year 2015, with over-65s making up the bulk of patients, a new study has found.
Cancer
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Researchers uncover the molecular mechanisms leading to basal cell carcinoma initiation
One of the most outstanding and unresolved questions in cancer biology is the identification of cells at the origin of cancer and the understanding of the molecular changes that occur in tumor initiating cells from the first ...
Cancer
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Genetic landscape of common brain tumors holds key to personalized treatment
Nearly the entire genetic landscape of the most common form of brain tumor can be explained by abnormalities in just five genes, an international team of researchers led by Yale School of Medicine scientists report online ...
Cancer
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Study reveals two-fold higher incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers for HIV patients
HIV-positive patients have a higher incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Specifically, basal ...
Cancer
Jan 29, 2013 |
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Researchers study how patterns, timing of sunlight exposure contribute to skin cancers
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, the University of South Florida and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in France have studied the patterns and timing of sunlight exposure and how each ...
Cancer
Oct 23, 2012 |
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