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Squamous cell carcinomas may appear as flat reddish or brownish patches in the skin, often with a rough, scaly, or crusted surface. They tend to grow slowly and usually occur on sun-exposed areas of the body, such as the face, ears, neck, lips, and backs of the hands.
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HOME / ... / OVERVIEW OF SKIN CANCER
Overview of Skin Cancer
By Gregory L. Wells, MD, Ada West Dermatology, St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center, and St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Last full review/revision May 2019| Content last modified May 2019
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Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer. Skin cancer is most common among people who work or play sports outside and among sunbathers. Fair-skinned people are particularly susceptible to developing most forms of skin cancer because they produce less melanin. Melanin, the protective pigment in the outer layer of skin (epidermis), helps protect the skin from ultraviolet (UV) light. However, skin cancer also can develop in dark-skinned people and in people whose skin has not had significant sun exposure. Skin cancers may also develop years after x-ray therapy or exposure to substances that cause cancer (for example, ingestion of arsenic).
Over 5.4 million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in over 3.3 million people in the United States each year.
The three main types of skin cancer are
Basal cell carcinoma
Melanoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
These three types are caused, at least in part, by long-term sun exposure.
Less common types of skin cancer are
Atypical fibroxanthomas
Cancer of skin glands
Kaposi sarcoma
Merkel cell carcinoma
Paget disease of the nipple or extramammary Paget (usually near the anus)
Bowen disease and possibly keratoacanthomas are forms of squamous cell carcinoma. Lymphoma, a cancer of white blood cells, can also develop in the skin.
Most skin cancers are curable, especially when treated at an early stage. At first, skin cancers do not cause any symptoms. Therefore, any unusual skin growth that enlarges or lasts for more than a few weeks should be examined by a doctor.
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Doctors treat most skin cancers by removing them surgically. Usually, the scar that is left after surgery depends on the size of the original cancer, which, if caught early, may be small.
Larger or more invasive cancer may require removal of a significant amount of skin, which may have to be replaced with a skin graft or a skin flap.
With a skin graft, a piece of skin is removed from another area of the person's body, typically where the skin is loose. The piece of skin is sewn onto the area where the cancer was removed.
With a skin flap, doctors transfer skin from an adjacent area to replace the area where the cancer was removed. With a flap, but not with a graft, the transferred skin is not cut completely free, so it still has its own blood supply. Also, a flap is usually thicker than a graft.