Skin Cancer News

Patients Undergoing Organ Transplant at Increased Risk for Skin Cancer (04/30/2008)
Patients who receive an organ transplant are at an increased risk for developing various types of cancer, including skin cancers. It recommended that these patients receive extensive education about risks of skin cancer as well as screening measures. These results were recently presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

May Is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month (04/28/2008)
As the month of May brings skin cancer into focus, it’s a great time to increase public understanding of the disease, including its prevalence, approaches to screening and prevention, treatment options, and resources that offer updated skin cancer information throughout the year.

GDC-0449 Is Promising New Drug for Advanced Basal Cell Skin Cancer (04/16/2008)
A novel drug still in early clinical trials, GDC-0449, appears highly effective in shrinking large basal cell skin cancer with limited side effects. These results were recently presented at a late-breaking session at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Women&Cancer Magazine Features Paula Zahn on Spring 2008 Cover (03/17/2008)
News anchor and cancer advocate Paula Zahn knows what it means to watch a loved one confront a cancer diagnosis. In fact, in the space of 14 months when Paula was 29 years old, her immediate family managed four active cases of cancer; of those four, which included her mother, her father, her sister-in-law and her aunt, only her mother would survive. “I think any of us who have been exposed to cancer in our families share a strong bond,” Paula says. The veteran reporter and media personality shares details of her own experience and of her role as an impassioned cancer advocate in an inspiring interview.

Surgery Reduces Recurrence Risk in Patients with Nodular Basal Cell Carcinoma (09/25/2007)
Among patients with nodular basal cell carcinoma of the skin, surgery results in a lower risk of recurrence, but also a worse cosmetic result, than photodynamic therapy. These results were published in the Archives of Dermatology.

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Patients Undergoing Organ Transplant at Increased Risk for Skin Cancer (04/30/2008)
Patients who receive an organ transplant are at an increased risk for developing various types of cancer, including skin cancers. It recommended that these patients receive extensive education about risks of skin cancer as well as screening measures. These results were recently presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

May Is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month (04/28/2008)
As the month of May brings skin cancer into focus, it’s a great time to increase public understanding of the disease, including its prevalence, approaches to screening and prevention, treatment options, and resources that offer updated skin cancer information throughout the year.

GDC-0449 Is Promising New Drug for Advanced Basal Cell Skin Cancer (04/16/2008)
A novel drug still in early clinical trials, GDC-0449, appears highly effective in shrinking large basal cell skin cancer with limited side effects. These results were recently presented at a late-breaking session at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Women&Cancer Magazine Features Paula Zahn on Spring 2008 Cover (03/17/2008)
News anchor and cancer advocate Paula Zahn knows what it means to watch a loved one confront a cancer diagnosis. In fact, in the space of 14 months when Paula was 29 years old, her immediate family managed four active cases of cancer; of those four, which included her mother, her father, her sister-in-law and her aunt, only her mother would survive. “I think any of us who have been exposed to cancer in our families share a strong bond,” Paula says. The veteran reporter and media personality shares details of her own experience and of her role as an impassioned cancer advocate in an inspiring interview.

Surgery Reduces Recurrence Risk in Patients with Nodular Basal Cell Carcinoma (09/25/2007)
Among patients with nodular basal cell carcinoma of the skin, surgery results in a lower risk of recurrence, but also a worse cosmetic result, than photodynamic therapy. These results were published in the Archives of Dermatology.

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