Skin Cancer:Not just the Sun



            Most of us are aware that excessive ultraviolet radiation from the

sun can cause skin cancer.

            However,there are other potential causes of skin cancer and these

include:

           1)  X-ray  irradiation

           2)non-healing and chronic  skin sores and ulcerations. I always

suspect a type of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma  in

my patients with these problems.

          3)vaccination marks  and scar tissue

          4)arsenic in well water (more likely near sod and turf farms))

          5)both internal cancer and the radiation and/or chemotherapy

used for treatment: both the cancer and the treatment modalities can

suppress the immune system making one more likely to have skin

cancer