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Sunscreen can help reduce the risk of skin cancer, but people forget to apply it.

High irradiances of low-level laser therapy should not be used over melanomas. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Cancer studied the pain relieving, anti-inflammatory 'cold laser', finding that it caused increased tumour growth in a mouse model of skin cancer.

Teenagers could be banned from using sunbeds under proposals unveiled by Health Minister Michael McGimpsey.

Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, announced today that Professor John F. Thompson, MD, Professor of Melanoma and Surgical Oncology at the University of Sydney, Director of the Melanoma Institute Australia, and Lead Investigator of the Phase 2 study of PV-10 for Metastatic ...

People who received daily text messages reminding them to apply sunscreen were nearly twice as likely to use it as those who did not receive such messages, a new study led by a UC Davis Health System dermatologist has found.

Main Category: Melanoma / Skin Cancer Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 17 Nov 2009 Cancer Research UK scientists have shown, for the first time, how two genes from the same 'family' can interact with each other to stop cancer in its tracks - according to new findings published in Molecular Cell*. The team of scientists from Cancer ...

A 40-year-old rhinoceros at the Los Angeles Zoo is battling skin cancer and she's getting some cutting edge treatment in her fight.

Widespread media coverage has been given to a call for a ban on sunbed use by under-18s. Newspapers said that sunbeds could cause 370 new cases of malignant skin cancer and over 100 deaths a year in the UK.

If you've noticed more spot on your face lately, it could be a result of too much sun over the summer.

London, November 13 : Sunbeds are increasingly putting children at risk of skin cancer, according to experts.

More than a quarter of a million children are risking their health by using sunbeds, according to a survey by Cancer Research UK.

Dangers: Kirsty McRae, 14, was admitted to hospital with third degree burns after using a sunbed for 19 minutes Girls as young as 11 are putting themselves at risk of skin cancer by regularly using sunbeds, experts warned yesterday.

Officials in one Maryland county have voted to ban people under age 18 from using indoor tanning devices , the first such ban in the country, WBAL in Baltimore reported.

POWERS to ban unsupervised tanning salons in Wales should be immediately sought from Westminster, the Assembly Government was advised today.

The results of an independent investigator study just published in the online version of Dermatologic Surgery demonstrate that Levulan Photodynamic Therapy may reduce the rate of recurrence of squamous cell carcinomas in solid organ transplant recipients , a population with a high incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer.

When it comes to vitamin D, consumers are bombarded with mixed messages about the best source for this essential nutrient.

Abraxis BioScience, Inc. , a fully integrated biotechnology company, announced that the Office of Orphan Products Development of the Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation to the chemotherapy agent ABRAXANE for Injectable Suspension for the treatment of pancreatic cancer as well as stage IIB-IV melanoma.

Despite an increase in deaths related to skin cancer, the Government spends just $2 million on prevention measures.

ScienceDaily a ' Findings from a new retrospective cohort study presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego indicate that patients with inflammatory bowel disease , especially those receiving the thiopurine class of medications to treat IBD, may be at risk for developing non-melanoma skin ...

Skin cancers can occur at almost any time during a person's life, but is there a difference between treating a young adult versus an older person? According to one expert, whether caring for skin cancers in elderly patients or young patients, the medical procedures used to treat them are essentially the same.