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Skin Cancer Prevention Rules

May 21, 2016 By Brian Galloway Leave a Comment

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Skin Cancer Rules of Prevention

In America, skin cancer can occur in as much as 20% of the population. It resolves to be a significant health hazard. Even if treatment is available, extra care should be taken on a daily basis to keep clear of the risks.

Most of the time, the most severe form of cancer – melanoma – has no symptoms. Other types include basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Sometimes there are skin lesions involved, sometimes they are not.

It is highly recommendable to control the risk activities and to do a quick check with a medic when something seems not to be as usual.

The first thing one can do in order to avoid skin cancer remains to stay away from the sun.

Wear clothing that covers the skin, for example, hats with wide brims, shirts with long sleeves and sunglasses. Avoid staying in direct sunlight between 10 AM and 2 PM, because then the sun shines the brightest. As they enhance the effect of the sun rays, be careful near water, sand and snow.

Sunscreen should be applied 15 minutes before going out, and the operation should be repeated every two hours. In the case of swimming or sweating, sunscreen should be reapplied. A lip balm with SPF factor higher than 30 is also recommended.

The most effective sunscreen should be one with broad spectrum, for both UVA and UVB. It should have at least a factor of 30, and it should be applied to every part of the body that can get exposed to the sun.

Ultraviolet protection is necessary even on days with cloudy sky and even in winter.

The most common artificial place where a person can be exposed to ultraviolet light is the tanning bed. Apart being a high-risk factor for skin cancer, it can also provoke skin aging. Going to a tanning bed can be replaced by using a self-tanning lotion or by using tan sprays.

Assuming these rules are respected, regular self-checks will be enough to help you spot the signs. This verification should be done on a monthly basis and cover all skin.

Any modification such as bleeding bumps, red zones, sores that keep returning, rapid growing moles, or moles that bleed, itch or change color should be reason enough for a medical control.

The earliest skin cancer is diagnosed, the easier the treatment should be. Therefore, use protection, avoid getting exposed to UV and intense sun rays and always check with a doctor if you notice modifications on your skin.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: cancer risks, Melanoma, prevention, risks, skin cancer, Skin Cancer Rules of Prevention, sun rays, ultraviolets

FDA Approves Merck Drug Keytruda for Melanoma Immunotherapy

September 5, 2014 By Chen Lai Leave a Comment

On Thursday, September 4, 2014, the American pharmaceutical company Merck (Merck and Co) stated that the Office of the quality control of products and medicines USA (Food and Drug Administration, FDA) approved the utilize of its medicine Keytruda for the cure of patients with severe or acute melanoma.

The medicine is proposed for the healing of unresectable or sever melanoma in patients who were cured before ipilimumab (ipilimumab). This medicine therapy has been approved for patients based on the results of a clinical study of 162 patients. A Merck drug for melanoma is clinically tested in laboratory by various microbiologist and they found this drug effective against melanoma.

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Melanoma is the mainly the destructive type of skin cancer and the leading reason of death from skin disease. The main problem is that this disease cannot be surgically eliminated and it has been treated with medicines in the earlier time period. But due to the severeness of this disease all the drugs were low effective.

The most ordinary side effects reported by tolerant receiving double therapy, it – fever, chills, exhaustion, itchiness, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, swelling of the hands and feet, cough, annoyance, joint pain, night sweating, decreased hunger, constipation, and pain in the muscles. Severe side effects include: bleeding, blood clot, heart failure, skin problems and eye and kidney failure. Women of childbearing age should be alert that can cause birth defects and abnormal deliveries, and all patients should be informed that treatment of melanoma is very essential because it can lead to infertility, according tothe FDA.

The American pharmaceutical company granted priority condition given to the experimental medicine, this medicine is a humanized monoclonal antibody that enhances the immune system’s ability to resist common melanoma. The American regulatory agency recommended the drug for this suggested Keytruda to use an expedited procedure, based on the tumor responds to healing and duration of response.

 

On the other hand the representatives of Merck announced that the medical corporation is going to apply for approval of the drug in the European Medicines Agency (European Medicines Agency, EMA) by the end of 2014.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: drug, fda, keytrude, Melanoma

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