Miss Tidewater Brittany Lietz, skin cancer survivor and nursing student, was crowned Miss Maryland on Saturday night. Lietz, diagnosed with skin cancer at the age of 20, has been using her celebrity position as a beauty pageant winner as a platform for raising awareness of the dangers associated with too much sun exposure. She speaks to high school [...]
Randolph Westphal, from Germany, with his sled dog to keep him company, ison his fourth trip cycling around the globe to bring hope to people diagnosed with cancer by sharing his story ofcancer survivorship. Twenty years ago, when Westphal had a bleeding birthmark removed, it was diagnosed as skin cancer,and on further examination, that the cancer had [...]
In the not-too-distant future, dermatologists will be able to diagnose skin cancer without ever cutting the skin. Right now, doctors cut out all suspicious lesions in order to examine them, to determine if they are cancerous or not. But with the development of a new microscope, cells can be examined right on the body — without cutting. Moles matter, reported Matt [...]