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Category Archives: Dermatology
Have Fun in the Sun, But Be Sun Smart (& Join #SkinCancerChat)
Melanoma is rising faster than any other form of cancer, and it’s happening to young people _ especially to young women, and even teens. To learn the latest on skin cancer prevention, detection and treatment and to share your questions … Continue reading
By sharontheimer |
Posted in Cancer, Children's Center, Dermatology, Social Media, Women's Health
Tagged cancer detection, cancer prevention, Cancer Treatment, Mayo Clinic, Melanoma, mole, Pediatrics, skin cancer, sunburn, sunscreen, tanning bed, Twitter chat
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Mayo Clinic Cartoon-Style PSAs Take Aim at Rise in Melanoma Among Young People
Melanoma is deadly and it’s on the rise, particularly among teens and young adults. Research shows it’s up eightfold among women and fourfold among young men under 40. Mayo Clinic dermatologist Jerry Brewer, M.D., says, “We’re seeing melanoma happen more often … Continue reading
By Dana Sparks |
Posted in Cancer, Dermatology, Social Media
Tagged brewer, cartoon, child, dermatologist, dermatology, Health, Levine, mayoclinic, Melanoma, mole, pediatric, PSA, publicserviceannouncement, skincancer, spf, sunburn, sunscreen, Tan, tanningbed, Teen, uv, youngadult
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Metastatic Melanoma and Pregnancy
The number of melanoma cases has been growing steadily in recent decades. Since the 1970s, it is estimated that, on average, the number of malignant melanoma cases has increased 10 percent every year worldwide. Aleksandar Sekulic, M.D., dermatologist and researcher … Continue reading
By susanashephard |
Posted in Cancer, Dermatology
Tagged Aleksandar Sekulic, Arizona, BRAF, Cancer, dermatologist, gene mutation, Mayo Clinic, Melanoma
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Melanoma Risk Rises With Transplants, Lymphoma
Melanoma is on the rise nationally, and transplant recipients and lymphoma patients are far likelier than the average person to get that form of skin cancer and to die from it, a Mayo Clinic review finds. That’s because their immune … Continue reading
By sharontheimer |
Posted in Cancer, Cancer Center, Dermatology, Transplant
Tagged brewer, Cancer, immunosuppression, lymphoma, Mayo, Melanoma, moles, sunscreen, tanning, Transplant
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New Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma Drug
It’s the most common form of skin cancer, but in its advanced stages, basal cell carcinoma has the potential to become disfiguring and life threatening. An international phase 2 study headed by Mayo Clinic led to the recent Food and … Continue reading
By susanashephard |
Posted in Cancer, Dermatology
Tagged advanced basal cell carcinoma, Aleksander Sekulic, Arizona, basal cell, basal cell carcinoma, dermatologist, Erivedge, Mayo Clinic, Sekulic, vismodegib
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Dermatology Art Shows Beauty Really Is Skin Deep
It turns out beauty really is skin deep. A hair follicle or skin specimen that doesn’t look like much of anything to the naked eye can become a complex, colorful work of art under a microscope. Mayo Clinic dermatologists struck … Continue reading
By sharontheimer |
Posted in Dermatology, Humanities
Tagged art, art in medicine, dermatologist, dermatology, dermatopathologist, hair, lehman, Mayo, meves, mole, pathology, skin
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