Skin cancer linked to other cancers

[dArKeR]

Women with common, usually nonfatal forms of skin cancer face double the risk of having unrelated cancers, according to a large study, suggesting that the initial diagnosis may be more worrisome than previously thought.

THE SKIN CANCER LINK was found for several malignancies, including cancer of the brain, breasts, lung, liver, ovaries and uterus.
Previous studies have shown that men and women with skin cancer face an increased risk of skin cancer returning. Some studies also have found that people with non-melanoma skin cancer are prone to later developing non-skin cancers.
But according to the new report’s lead author, Dr. Carol Rosenberg of Evanston-Northwestern Healthcare, part of Northwestern University’s medical school, the earlier research did not adequately consider other risk factors that might explain the connection.

http://msnbc.com/news/994368.asp?0cv=CB20

[WoodrowFan]

1. thanks for posting that

My Dad had a non-melanoma skin cancer but died a year later from liver cancer. I always wondered about a connection. I appreciate you posting your articles, but especially this one.

[CBHagman]

5. I'm sorry about your father.

My mother died of cancer of the liver, and every doctor I've spoken to says that cancer of the liver usually began at some other site in the body. Keep getting screened!

I have already had basal cell carcinoma, but I chalked that up to repeated and intense sunburns in childhood, plus my ethnic background. I'm disheartened to hear that it apparently also indicates possible higher risk for other cancers. It's always something, isn't it?

[SodoffBush]

2. My grandfather, a farmer, had several skin cancers removed

He died at the age of 87 from complications of a stroke. Wasn't overweight and didn't smoke or drink. The body gave out.

I would have to think that the increase in obesity and the added chemicals in our processed foods has something to do with the increase in cancer, and that the basal cell tied into it is just coincidence. At least I hope so. I've had basal cell.

[shanti]

3. wonderful news...:-(

after having had a BCC removed from my face...

[FlaGranny]

4. I also had one on my face.

Both my parents had cancer (father prostate, but died of old age), mother (lung and multiple myeloma and died at 94). Neither one had skin cancer though. But, I'm going to keep it in mind.

[Enraged_Ape]

6. Stay out of the sun, my friends

I'm serious about this. And if you do go out, slather on sunblock of at least 36 SPF. And be generous with it.

I had a good friend in physical therapy school who died within months after graduation of malignant melanoma. Despite the fact that we were nearly naked in some of our classes, no one spotted it growing on her back. It progressed, and killed her, that fast.

And there are other benefits to staying out of the sun. My wife is in her early 40s and looks to be in her early 20s. She avoids the sun like Dracula, and she never smokes or drinks. If you want to stay looking youthful for the rest of your life, that's just about all you need to do.

[dArKeR]

8. Sun lotions 'are not effective' - BBC

Sunscreen lotions may not protect against skin cancer, according to a study by British doctors.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3142386.stm

I would opt for the sun than no sun because our species evolved in the sun. I haven't seen any stone umbrella artifacts yet. The sun is in our blood, bones and soul. I think we need it. But of course we had a thick coat of fur 50,000 years ago which has now shed permanently allowing the radiation to penetrate.

I never used sun lotion because I noticed the same chemical ingrediants in them as we used in our chemistry lab experiences which smelled just awful. I figured something that makes me sick to smell probably wasn't so good being absorbed into my skin to bloodstream.

No I wear a light fabriced body suit. Kokatat is my favorite. They have a Dry Suit Liner but I use it outdoors for everything.
http://www.kokatat.com

[Enraged_Ape]

10. One study does not a blanket indictment make, as the headline suggests

But your point is well taken. Not all sun lotions may be for everyone. But baking in the sun ala Rio 1975 is not for ANYONE anymore.

[kutastha]

7. Interesting

Skin cells are constantly reproducing. If you're born with an intrinsic mutation that affects growth rate, the skin may be one of the first to present with tumorigenic potential, especially after environmental damage, such as sunlight. Additionally, these people may have already had cancer elsewhere at presentation; tumors on the skin are just easier to see.

Melanoma itself has chromosomal abnormalities in common with prostate, breast and ovarian cancer. It does not surprise me that squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas correlate with these cancers as well.

[Best_man23]

9. Pale is beautiful