Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is proving to be a more deadly threat globally than melanoma, the more severe form of skin cancer, according to a groundbreaking study unveiled at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology (EADV) Congress 2023. The research sheds light on the alarming prevalence and often underestimated fatality of NMSC, prompting a call for urgent awareness and intervention strategies.
New research indicates that simple laser treatments to the skin may help to prevent the development of basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, which are collectively known as keratinocyte carcinoma and are the most common types of cancer diagnosed in the United States.
showed a real demarkation here, eric. lifetime risk is based on how much sun you were exposed to over your life, uv light, uva as we talked about before is the deeply penetrating light associated with skin cancer and uvbs causes the sunburns, it s the lifetime risk but here was the demarkation in the study fascinating. in the study fascinating. if you have five or more severe sunburns as a kid, it increased your melanoma risk later on by 80%. but it did not do the opposite. in other words, your risk of non-melanoma occurred when you were an adult. if you burn as an adult, eric, let s say you go out now and have a big burn, it does not increase your melanoma risk. it has to be in childhood, thor into sunburn. that s fascinating. i want to add a point to david s point, the e on that out of new york university, they added an e, which is that it s evolving. is the lesion on your skin changing or getting bigger or