Skin Cancer - All SharePosts Relating To "Basal Cell Carcinoma"

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Kevin Berman, MD, PhD

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posted 09/17/2008, comment (1)

Skin Cancer Statistics: What You Need to Know

Hi everyone. Today I want to talk about some simple statistics about skin cancer so you can see how it affects so many lives. This is especially important for younger people who seem to feel they are invincible and cannot imagine that their behavior (such as using a tanning bed) will affect their health and their lives years down the road... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/05/2008, comment (1)

Smell Your Way to Cancer??? U-huh!!

Physicians have long since used "smell" to make diagnoses - you can smell necrotic, dying tissue; you can smell an infectious, pus filled exudate; you can smell the by-products of certain drugs in your urine; you can smell someone who has been on the Atkin's diet long term (their breath has ketones in it because of the high protein intake). ... Read more Chevron

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tracy fisher

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posted 07/14/2008, comment (1)

another reconstruction

hello i have not updated for a while and thought i would let you know how i am doing now, since my last post i have had another reconstruction surgery, a large section of my ear was removed and attached to my nose to give me a nostril, this did not work the flap failed so i face another op my cheek again. however i am fed up of the... Read more Chevron

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Jenn

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posted 04/08/2008, comments (7)

Bcc on the tip of my nose

the doctor has suggested no biopsy and to try the aldara cream, all the reviews i have seen have been terrible, Any suggestions, has anybody got any better comments about the cream? Any advise would be great? The doctor told me to treat this as a cancer but did not seem to say that it was. It was like a very strange appointment... Read more Chevron

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tracy fisher

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posted 01/10/2008, comments (7)

next step for me

hello everyone sorry i havent wrote a share post for a while i am now on the road to recovery expect i will still need more surgery to reconstruct my nose as i lost a lot of my side of nose the whole alar rim (nostril) right through. but trust me they have done a fab job so far, yes i have a scar to my cheek and arm and i have still some... Read more Chevron

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