Skin Cancer Treatment and Symptoms resources 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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- "Choose Your Cover", colored poster (Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC)
- 2004 Skin Cancer Statistics (American Academy of Dermatology)
- ABCDs of Skin Cancer (American Academy of Dermatology)
- About Basal Cell Carcinoma (Skin Cancer Foundation)
- Actinic Keratoses (American Academy of Dermatology)
- American Academy of Dermatology
- American Academy of Dermatology- Pamphlets (American Academy of Dermatology)
- American Cancer Society
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
- Basal cell carcinoma (Google Health)
- Basal Cell Carcinoma, see Skin Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Basic Information on Congenital Nevus or Moles (Nevus Network)
- Breast Cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Can Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Be Prevented? (American Cancer Society)
- Cáncer de la piel (PDQ®): Tratamiento (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Genetics Overview (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Literature in PubMed (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Registries: The Foundation for Comprehensive Cancer Control (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- Cancer Topic Searches: Cancer Genetics (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Topic Searches: Skin Cancers and Melanoma (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer.gov Dictionary (National Cancer Institute)
- Carcinoma de células de Merkel (PDQ®): Tratamiento (National Cancer Institute)
- Choose Your Cover: Protect the Skin you're In (Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC)
- Choose Your Cover: Sun Exposure (Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Carcinoma, Basal Cell (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Carcinoma, Merkel Cell (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Skin Neoplasms (National Institutes of Health)
- Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers
- Darker Side of Tanning, The (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
- Dermatologists (Skin Care Doctors) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Etapa del cáncer: preguntas y respuestas (National Cancer Institute)
- Eye Cancer, Intraocular Melanoma (National Cancer Institute)
- Facts and Statistics about Skin Cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- FDA Approves New Use of Drug to Treat Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma, a Type of Skin Cancer (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Find a Dermatologic Surgeon (American Society For Dermatologic Surgery)
- Find a Dermatologist (American Academy of Dermatology)
- Finding Cancer Statistics (National Cancer Institute)
- Frequently Asked Questions - Skin Cancer (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Gadd45a Prevents Skin Tumors by Watching over p53 (National Cancer Institute)
- Golfers and Skin Cancer (American Cancer Society)
- How Is Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Diagnosed? (American Cancer Society)
- How Is Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Staged? (American Cancer Society)
- How Is Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Treated? (American Cancer Society)
- How to Perform a Self Evaluation (American Academy of Dermatology)
- Indoor Tanning (Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission)
- Indoor Tanning: All the Dangers of the Outdoor Sun, Including Skin Cancer (American Academy of Dermatology)
- Interpreting Laboratory Test Results
- Lasers in Cancer Treatment
- Learning about Skin Cancer (National Human Genome Research Institute)
- Locate a Skin Cancer Screening Facility near You (American Academy of Dermatology)
- Long-term recurrence rates in previously untreated (primary) basal cell carcinoma: implications (Google Health)
- Melanoma (Cleveland Clinic)
- Melanoma Home Page (National Cancer Institute)
- Melanoma on the Rise in Teens and Young Adults (Cleveland Clinic)
- Melanoma Patients' Information Page (Melanoma Research Foundation, The)
- MelanomaTreatment - Patients (National Cancer Institute)
- Merkel Cell Cancer
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Metastatic Cancer: Questions and Answers
- Mutations of the human homolog of Drosophila patched in the nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (Google Health)
- National Cancer Institute
- NCI Designated Cancer Centers (National Cancer Institute)
- NCI Research to Prevent Skin Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome (Google Health)
- PDQ-Prevention-Patients: Skin Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Preguntas y respuestas acerca del cáncer metastásico
- Protecting Kids From the Sun (Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission)
- Psoriasis (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Research Funding Opportunities (National Cancer Institute)
- Safer Sunning in Seven Steps (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
- Safer Sunning in Seven Steps [Easy-to-Read] (Food and Drug Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Scalp Cancer (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Screening for Skin Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Search for Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute)
- Search: Cancer Genetics Services Directory (National Cancer Institute)
- Siete Faciles Pasos Para Recibir El Sol Sin Peligro (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
- Skin Cancer (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Skin Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
- Skin Cancer (Medline Plus)
- Skin Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
- Skin Cancer (National Institutes of Health)
- Skin cancer (Google Health)
- Skin cancer (MayoClinic)
- Skin Cancer (American Academy of Dermatology)
- Skin Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
- Skin Cancer (PDQ): Prevention (National Cancer Institute)
- Skin Cancer (PDQ): Screening (National Cancer Institute)
- Skin Cancer (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Skin Cancer (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Skin Cancer Foundation
- Skin Cancer Prevention (National Cancer Institute)
- Skin Cancer Quiz: Test Your Knowledge about Skin Cancer (American Academy of Dermatology)
- Skin Cancer Research Projects (National Cancer Institute)
- Skin Cancer Screening (National Cancer Institute)
- Skin Cancer Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Skin Cancer [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Skin Cancer: Men Who Care about Their Skin Protect It (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Skin Cancer: Prevention (National Cancer Institute)
- Skin Cancer: Saving Your Skin from Sun Damage (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Skin Cancer: The Burden of Skin Cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Skin CancerPrevention - Patients (National Cancer Institute)
- Skin Disease Organizations (Cleveland Clinic)
- Skin Self-Exam (Cleveland Clinic)
- Skin SPOREs (National Cancer Institute)
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma (American Academy of Dermatology)
- Sun Exposure and Skin Cancer (Cleveland Clinic)
- Sun Safety (Nemours Foundation)
- Sun Safety: Health Effects of UV Radiation (Environmental Health Center, NSC)
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- Sun Safety: Risks from Overexposure to UV Radiation (Environmental Health Center, NSC)
- Sun-Protection Behaviors Used by Adults for Their Children -- United States, 1997 (Epidemiology Program Office, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Sunscreens (Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission)
- Sunscreens, Tanning Products, and Sun Safety (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, OPHS, HHS)
- Tanning Taboo (Nemours Foundation)
- The Perfect, Healthy Sunless Tan (Cleveland Clinic)
- Tumor Grade: Questions and Answers
- Understanding Cancer Statistics (National Cancer Institute)
- Understanding Gene Testing (National Cancer Institute)
- What Are the Key Statistics for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer (American Cancer Society)
- What Are the Risk Factors for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
- What Do Actinic Keratoses Look Like? (American Academy of Dermatology)
- What Is Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
- What Is the UV Index? (Environmental Health Center, NSC)
- What Should You Ask Your Physician about Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer? (American Cancer Society)
- What You Need To Know About Melanoma (National Cancer Institute)
- What You Need to Know about Melanoma (Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS)
- What You Need To Know About Moles and Dysplastic Nevi (National Cancer Institute)
- What You Need To Know About Skin Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- What You Need To Know About Skin Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- What You Need to Know about Skin Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- What You Need To Know Aboutâ„¢ Moles and Dysplastic Nevi (Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS)
- What You Need To Know Aboutâ„¢ Skin Cancer (Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS)
- What's New in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Research and Treatment? (American Cancer Society)