Skin Cancer |
Basal Cell Carcinoma; Basal Cell Carcinoma, see Skin Cancer; Merkel Cell Cancer |
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer. It can be destructive and disfiguring. Risk is increased for individuals with a family history of the disease and a high cumulative exposure to UV light via sunlight or, in the past, carcinogenic chemicals especially arsenic. Treatment is with surgery, topical chemotherapy, x-ray, cryosurgery, photodynamic therapy, or topical immune enhancement drugs such as imiquimod. It is rarely life-threatening but if left u ...
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Skin Cancer Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Food and Drug Administration
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- American Society For Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds-net.org/
- American Academy of Dermatology http://www.aad.org/
- National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
- Skin Cancer Foundation http://www.skincancer.org/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/
- Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,
- Environmental Health Center, NSC http://www.nsc.org/ehc.htm
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, OPHS, HHS http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/
- Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission
- Epidemiology Program Office, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/epo/
- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/
- Nevus Network http://www.nevusnetwork.org/
- Melanoma Research Foundation, The http://www.melanoma.org/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org

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