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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvR-cTNELug Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer, says Dr. Geoffrey Young, Chief of Head & Neck Surgery at Miami Cancer Institute, who explains it is related to sun exposure. However, he adds, some families have genetic components, genetic changes that predispose them to melanoma. But the main risk factor is [...]

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Melanoma needs surveillanceVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcmXplZY3yU A pigmented lesion is shown in a digital imaging while Dr. Geoffrey Young, Chief of Head & Neck Surgery at Miami Cancer Institute explains that Melanoma is changing pigmented lesion and when it has any change it should be biopsied. He also says that people with other cancer melanomas or strong family histories may [...]

Melanoma needs surveillance

Learning about SPFVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Fsxh2cmw0 SPF stands for sun protection factor and means people could stay out in the sun far longer than when they don´t use it. Dr. Judith Crowell, Dermatologist with Baptist Health South Florida, describes in the 80s doctors saw an epidemic of melanoma. “Now you are getting far more of the tanning rays. Now we [...]

Learning about SPF

How should children be protected from the sun?Ask Hanna

A single blistering sunburn in childhood or adolescence doubles a person’s chances of developing melanoma skin cancer later in life. Other types of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, are directly related to long-term sun exposure. Children often spend a good part of their day playing outdoors in the sun, especially during […]

How should children be protected from the sun?

What are the risk factors for melanoma?Ask Hanna

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, occurring in over 3.5 million people each year. Three of the most common types of skin cancer are squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Of these, the least common, but most serious is melanoma. What is melanoma?—Melanoma is a cancer […]

What are the risk factors for melanoma?

Could my skin lesion be cancerous?Ask Hanna

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, occurring in over two million people each year. Three of the most common types of skin cancer are squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Each has characteristic features that can help alert you to the possibility that you may have […]

Could my skin lesion be cancerous?

How can I prevent skin cancer?Ask Hanna

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, occurring in over two million people each year. Three of the most common types of skin cancer are squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Last article, characteristic features of each of these were described in order to help alert you […]

How can I prevent skin cancer?

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, occurring in over two million people each year. Three of the most common types of skin cancer are squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Last article, characteristic features of each of these were described in order to help alert you […]