Skin Cancer - Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) and Solar Keratoses

It primarily affects fair-skinned, blue-eyed people and especially the elderly.

Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Description

SCC is a malignant tumor of squamous cells and can be found in many of the body. SCC of the skin developments from keratinocytes, the type of squamous cells that synthesize the protective keratin of the epidermis.

It is appearance is more varied than Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC), it grows faster and can metastasize (spread to other tissues of the body) if left untreated, making it more dangerous than BCC.

SCC is generally a red, scaling, well-defined plaque. It can ever spread into the deeper surrounding tissues.

Unlike BCCs, they may be tender. Some SCCs have the appearance of sores that do not heal.

Many SCC & # 39; s develop from solar keratoses, small scaly patches often found on the face, bald scalp, ears, hands and forearms of fair-skinned people.

SCC may also develop in burn scars and longstanding leg ulcers. Oral SCCs are often due to to cigarette smoking.

Diagnosis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin

As with all skin cancers, allopathic medical practice is to confirm SCC by biopsy.

Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Treatment of squamous cell carcinoma depends on the size of the tumor, its location, and other factors such as if it has metastasized.

Treatment options include:

• curettage (scraping off tissue with an instrument), with or without electrodessication. (Electrodessication uses an electric spark to destroy tissue)
• cryosurgery (freeze burning with liquid nitrogen)
• surgery (excision)
• Moh & # 39; s micrographic surgery
• radiation treatment
• chemotherapy

ACTINIC KERATOSES (or SOLAR KERATOSES)

They are small, dry, scaly lesions commonly found on the parts of the body most often exposed to the sun - the face, head, backs of hands, and sometimes the lip ( actinic cheilitis).

As with BCC and SCC, chronic sun exposure is the cause of actinic keratoses.

What happens if solar keratoses are left untreated? Approximately 2 to 5% of actinic keratoses may develop malignant cells and become skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma.

Treatment

Fluorouracil is a chemotherapy drug that is applied to the skin. It works by interfering with DNA synthesis.

The unpleasant side-effects of fluorourcil which are reddening and flaking of the skin with burning and itching symptoms may outweigh the benefits as this cream can be effective in clearing up widespread solar keratoses.

Rarely questioned by doctors, Efudex should not be used, people with a deficiency of the enzyme dihyropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD). Current research shows that 8% of people have At least a partial weakness in this enzyme. Potential for DNA damage is the concern.

There are other treatments for can help? There are other tested and proven natural substances that can remove SCC and other skin cancer.

For example, bloodroot ( Sanguinaria canadensis). Many practitioners do not know how it works. Do not know how it works. Do not know how it works. Disqualification. Regretless of how it works, bloodroot most certainly, and quickly, breaks down skin cancer, but it does not have the cancer cell. You can heal skin cancer such as squamous cell carcinoma safely using this substance and the correct method.

Once applications are stopped, this area dries up, forms a scab and falls off, leaving pink, healthy, new tissue underneath. All that is needs to be done is to encourage healing as with any minor wound.