Skin cancer is the most common cancer which attack people no matter age, gender and race.

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Skin Cancer Risk Reduction

Posted on | July 28, 2009 | Comments Off

Well, actually it’s impossible to completely eliminate the possibility of skin cancer, but we can reducing the skin cancer risk significantly with the following steps:

  • reducing exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, especially in early years. UV is one of Skin Cancer cause.
  • avoiding sun exposure during the day, especially from 9 AM to 4 PM when the sun is highest in the sky
  • wearing protective clothing (long sleeves and hats) when outdoors
  • using a broad-spectrum sunscreen that blocks both UVA and UVB radiation
  • reapply sun block every 2 hours and after swimming
  • chemoprevention using topical imiquimod or 5-fluorouracil

Australian scientist Ian Frazer who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer, says that a vaccine effective in preventing for certain types of skin cancer has proven effective on animals and could be available within a decade. The vaccine would only be effective against Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) skin cancer.

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