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3 episodes with basal cell carcinoma
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3 episodes with basal cell carcinoma
In episode 140 of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Dimond talks to the founder of Airyday, Frances van der Velden. I knew this was going to be a great storytelling episode, because I was already reasonably versed in the Airyday backstory, but what blew me away in this conversation was how much actual tangible business advice Frances so openly shared. Frances was diagnosed with a Basal Cell Carcinoma, which led to her trying more or less every sunscreen on the market to find a formula she loved and would be happy to wear every day. When she couldn't find one that ticked every box, she set to work on developing Airyday- an SPF wardrobe that launched in 2022 with four sunscreens. Beauty retail giant Sephora reached out to Frances a mere six weeks post-launch, and today, two years in, Airyday is stocked in Sephora stores nationally and through a whopping 600 clinic stockists. Frances explains that this was largely thanks to a high risk ad spend strategy that she explains far better than I can. In this conversation, Frances shares the realities of such major growth in such a short timeframe, how her marketing investment allowed Airyday to cut through the noise in a saturated market, and her advice on getting your brand seen by the decision makers at the country's biggest retailers. Read more at glowjournal.comFollow Airyday on Instagram @airyday.officialStay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemdimond and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, we review the high-yield topic of Basal Cell Carcinoma from the Nutrition section at Medbullets.com Follow Medbullets on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/medbullets Instagram: www.instagram.com/medbulletsofficial Twitter: www.twitter.com/medbullets Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/medbullets
Please visit answersincme.com/GEU860 to participate, download slides and supporting materials, complete the post test, and obtain credit. In this activity, experts in dermatology discuss the management of advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) with immunotherapies, based on the guidelines and clinical evidence. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Review the guideline recommendations for the treatment of advanced BCC; Identify the clinical implications of the available evidence evaluating immunotherapy options for patients with advanced BCC; and Outline real-world considerations for the integration of immunotherapy into practice for the management of advanced BCC. This activity is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
Please visit answersincme.com/GEU860 to participate, download slides and supporting materials, complete the post test, and obtain credit. In this activity, experts in dermatology discuss the management of advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) with immunotherapies, based on the guidelines and clinical evidence. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Review the guideline recommendations for the treatment of advanced BCC; Identify the clinical implications of the available evidence evaluating immunotherapy options for patients with advanced BCC; and Outline real-world considerations for the integration of immunotherapy into practice for the management of advanced BCC. This activity is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
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The saying "saving your skin" takes on extra meaning when you are outdoors. Living a "sun and fun" lifestyle can come with a price -- the sun's damaging UV rays and the risk of skin cancer. Hopefully, you practice safety by using sunscreens, hats and clothing to mitigate those harmful rays. Some people forget that sun damage and skin cancer can be synonymous. As spring and summer approach, how do we avoid skin cancer? And if it leaves a concerning spot on the skin, what do we do next? Host: Jonathan Fialkow, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Baptist Health who oversees Population Health, Primary Care, Cardiology, Endocrinology and other Medical Specialties Guest: Michael Raish, M.D., Mohs Micrographic Surgeon and Dermatologist, Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute
About The Guest(s): - Dr. Robi N. Maamari: Facial plastic surgeon on faculty at Washington University and the School of Medicine in St. Louis. - Dr. Chau Pham: Assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa. - Dr. John Holtz: Private practice Oculofacial plastic surgeon at Ophthalmologic Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery in St. Louis. Episode Notes: Dr. Robi N. Maamari hosts a journal club podcast where he discusses articles from the July and August issue of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (OPRS). In this episode, he reviews three articles regarding, Recurrence and Surveillance Strategies for Orbital Basal Cell Carcinoma with Dr. Chau Pham and Dr. John Holtz. Key Takeaways: - Absorbable and non-absorbable sutures have similar outcomes in conjunctival Müllerectomy with or without tarsectomy. - Globe-sparing excisions for basal cell carcinoma with anterior orbital invasion can lead to visual morbidity and recurrence. - Regular surveillance with MRI scans is crucial for detecting recurrence in patients with orbital basal cell carcinoma. - Understanding and recognizing artifacts on MRI scans is essential to avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary procedures. If you're an ASOPRS Member, Surgeon or Trainee and are interesting in hosting a podcast episode, please submit your idea by visiting: asoprs.memberclicks.net/podcast
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Dr Nikhil Khushalani from the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, and Dr Anna Pavlick from the Weill Cornell Medicine Meyer Cancer Center in New York, New York, discuss available and novel treatment strategies for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma. CME information and select publications here (https://researchtopractice.com/InsidetheIssue2023/NonmelanomaSkin)
Featuring perspectives from Dr Omid Hamid and Dr Evan J Lipson, including the following topics: Introduction: Immunology of Melanoma (0:00) Melanoma (8:26) Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (43:15) Basal Cell Carcinoma and Merkel Cell Carcinoma (52:55) CME information and select publications
In this episode, we embark on a comprehensive voyage through the world of Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC), the most common skin cancer. Guided by the case of Captain Jack Sparrow, we navigate the risk factors, subtypes, and treatment options for BCC. We delve into the genetic and environmental causes, the role of the Hedgehog signaling pathway, and the importance of differentiating between high-risk and low-risk cases. We also explore the surgical treatment of BCC, the use of topical therapies and radiotherapy, and the importance of patient follow-up. This episode is packed with practical, real-world applications, and we even have a mnemonic to help you remember the main histological subtypes of BCC. We wrap up with a quick quiz to test your knowledge and provide recommendations for further reading. For more in-depth information, check out the following articles: NICE guidelines for BCC management Hedgehog Pathway Inhibition for Locally Advanced Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma and Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome British Association of Dermatologists guidelines for the management of basal cell carcinoma 2018 For a detailed overview of BCC, visit thePlasticsFella.com article on Basal Cell Carcinoma.
Dr Haffner explains distinguishing features between basal cell and adenocarcinoma of the prostate, findings from a genomics study of basal cell prostate carcinoma, and the challenges that arise when diagnosing and treating patients with this rare disease.
Please visit answersincme.com/BRY860 to participate, download slides and supporting materials, complete the post test, and obtain credit. In this activity, an expert in oncology discusses current and emerging strategies to optimize the multidisciplinary care of advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) with immunotherapy.Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Identify patients with BCC for whom a second-line immunotherapy regimen would be appropriate; Review the clinical profiles of immunotherapy-based regimens for the second-line treatment of advanced BCC; and Outline multidisciplinary strategies to optimize the long-term care of patients with advanced BCC who are on an immunotherapeutic approach.
Join Lize (Dermatology Consultant) as she is being interviewed by Xin You (Neurologist) about basal cell carcinoma. They discuss the most important information required for exam purposes.
In this episode, we review the high-yield topic of Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Skin from the Oncology section. Follow Medbullets on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/medbullets Instagram: www.instagram.com/medbulletsofficial Twitter: www.twitter.com/medbullets --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/medbulletsstep1/message
Please visit answersincme.com/WZE860 to participate, download slides and supporting materials, complete the post test, and obtain credit. In this activity, an expert in dermatology discusses strategies for optimizing immunotherapy in advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Identify patients with advanced BCC who may benefit from immunotherapy; Review the clinical impact of available and emerging immunotherapies for the management of patients with advanced BCC; and Describe practical strategies to manage and monitor patients with advanced BCC on immunotherapy over both the long and short term.
When was the last time you had a skin check-up at your doctor or dermatologist? Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world - two to three times the rates in Canada, the U.S. and the UK. Current data shows that two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by the age of 70, and the majority of skin cancers are caused by exposure to the sun. So when you're exercising outdoors, it's so important to think about things like sunscreen, hats, and appropriate clothing. On this episode, Gab and Sarah look at the different types of skin cancers, who is most at risk, and some practical tips for how to give yourself the best possible sun protection. Contact us: womenlikeyoupodcast@gmail.com Multiple Sunscreens Recall - Low levels of Benzene detected https://www.tga.gov.au/news/product-recalls/multiple-sunscreens-recall-low-levels-benzene-detected Ultra Violette Queen Screen Sunscreen SPF50+ Luminising Serum https://ultraviolette.com.au/products/queen-screen-spf50?gclid=CjwKCAiA68ebBhB-EiwALVC-NqC6CwGAPXjeTgUk48LOvOdAXhNh9sOoqZgeutcS7oZiFt4oAoZ8oxoC4YMQAvD_BwE Invisible Zinc Sport Mineral Sport Mineral Sunscreen SPF50+ https://invisiblezinc.com.au/product/invisible-zinc-sport-mineral-sunscreen-spf-50-cream-100ml/ Cancer Council: About Sunscreen https://www.cancer.org.au/cancer-information/causes-and-prevention/sun-safety/about-sunscreen WLY newsletter subscription The Women Like You podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gadigal, Dharug and Gundungurra people. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and exercise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
David E. Miller, MD interviewed by Harrison P. Nguyen, MBA, MPH
It's a diagnosis nobody wants to hear: "You've got cancer." Join Premier dermatologists as they explain the process of treating (and hopefully curing) a skin cancer.
In this podcast, Dr. Riddell Scott, a dermatologist with Ridgeview Medical Center and Clinics, leads the discussion about skin cancer. Dr. Scott discusses changes to our DNA, what dermatology office visits look like, types of skin cancer and treatments available, as well as prevention efforts. Enjoy the podcast. Objectives:Upon completion of this podcast, participants should be able to: Explain the 3 main types of skin cancer and how they differ from each type. State how most skin cancers are treated. Identify how sun exposure contributes to the onset of skin cancer. Describe 3 activities that help to reduce skin cancer incidence. Counsel patients about skin cancer prevention efforts. CME credit is only offered to Ridgeview Providers & Allied Health Staff for this podcast activity. Complete and submit the online evaluation form, after viewing the activity. Upon successful completion of the evaluation, you will be e-mailed a certificate of completion within approximately 2 weeks. You may contact the accredited provider with questions regarding this program at rmccredentialing@ridgeviewmedical.org. To receive continuing education credit for this activity - click the link below, to complete the activity's evaluation. CME Evaluation (**If you are listening to the podcasts through iTunes on your laptop or desktop, it is not possible to link directly with the CME Evaluation for unclear reasons. We are trying to remedy this. You can, however, link to the survey through the Podcasts app on your Apple and other smart devices, as well as through Spotify, Stitcher and other podcast directory apps and on your computer browser at these websites. We apologize for the inconvenience.) DISCLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT The information provided through this and all Ridgeview podcasts as well as any and all accompanying files, images, videos and documents is/are for CME/CE and other institutional learning and communication purposes only and is/are not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician, healthcare provider or other healthcare personnel relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition; and are property/rights of Ridgeview Medical Center & Clinics. Any re-reproduction of any of the materials presented would be infringement of copyright laws. It is Ridgeview's intent that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It is not assumed any potential conflicts will have an adverse impact on these presentations. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker's outside interest may reflect a possible bias, either the exposition or the conclusions presented. Ridgeview's CME planning committee members and presenter(s) have disclosed they have no significant financial relationship with a pharmaceutical company and have disclosed that no conflict of interest exists with the presentation/educational event. Thank-you for listening to the podcast. SHOW NOTES: *See the attachment for additional show information. What happens to our DNA- Ultraviolet light hits skin and energy is transferred- Melanocytes & Melanin - Skin cancer risk factors Office visits- Family history - Dermatology: pattern recognition - Dermatoscope - Patient education - Repeat exams & recommendations - ABCDE (asymmatry, border irregularity, color variation, diameter, evolution) Types of skin cancer: Squamous , Basal Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma- Cell physiology - Metastatic rate - Presentation - Primary vs secondary sources - Diagnosis - Stages (0,1,2) - Treatment (biopsy, MOHS, surgery, radiation, medication) Skin Cancer Prevention:- 3 Big Things: - Wear a wide brimmed hat - Wear sun protective clothing - Wear sun screen daily - Sunscreen recommendations * For more information - see attached "Show Notes". Thanks for listening.
Vishal Patel, MD, FAAD and Anthony Rossi, MD, FAAD interviewed by Brad Glick, DO, MPH, FAAD
Welcome to the emDOCs.net podcast! Join us as we review our high-yield posts from our website emDOCs.net. Today on the emDOCs cast with Brit Long, MD (@long_brit), we look at two posts: recognizing skin cancer and new onset hyperglycemia. To continue to make this a worthwhile podcast for you to listen to, we appreciate any feedback and comments you may have for us. Please let us know!Subscribe to the podcast on one of the many platforms below:Apple iTunesSpotifyGoogle Play
Scott Dinehart, MD interviewed by Steven Chen, MD, MPH, FAAD
This week's episode covers everything you need to know about basal cell carcinoma including- presentation- risk factors- histological subtypes- poor prognostic factors- management including topical treatments, surgery, radiotherapy and targeted treatmentsDisclaimerThe information in this podcast is intended as a revision aid for the purposes of the General Surgery Fellowship Exam.This information is not to be considered to include any recommendations or medical advice by the author or publisher or any other person. The listener should conduct and rely upon their own independent analysis of the information in this document.The author provides no guarantees or assurances in relation to any connection between the content of this podcast and the general surgical fellowship exam. No responsibility or liability is accepted by the author in relation to the performance of any person in the exam. This podcast is not a substitute for candidates undertaking their own preparations for the exam.To the maximum extent permitted by law, no responsibility or liability is accepted by the author or publisher or any other person as to the adequacy, accuracy, correctness, completeness or reasonableness of this information, including any statements or information provided by third parties and reproduced or referred to in this document. To the maximum extent permitted by law, no responsibility for any errors in or omissions from this document, whether arising out of negligence or otherwise, is accepted.The information contained in this podcast has not been independently verified.© Amanda Nikolic 2022
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CancerNetwork® spoke with Emily Smith, MD, of the Ellis Fishchel Cancer Center, University of Missouri, about a patient case published in the December issue of the journal ONCOLOGY titled, “Metastatic Basal Cell Carcinoma Arising From a Primary Cutaneous Carcinosarcoma.” Smith and colleagues detailed a case regarding a 56-year-old man who the team of care providers diagnosed with metastatic basal cell carcinoma arising from a carcinosarcoma. In the conversation, Smith talked about what makes this patient case unique, the timeline of this specific patient's disease and treatment, the rarity of basal cell carcinoma arising from a carcinosarcoma, and plenty more. Don't forget to subscribe to the “Oncology Peer Review On-The-Go” podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or anywhere podcasts are available.
Three experts come together to discuss interdisciplinary strategies for managing patients with BCC using systemic therapies. Credit available for this activity expires: 1/5/2023 Earn Credit / Learning Objectives & Disclosures: https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/965510?src=mkm_podcast_addon_965510
In this episode, we review the high-yield topic of Basal Cell Carcinoma from the Oncology section. Follow Medbullets on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/medbullets Instagram: www.instagram.com/medbulletsofficial
In episode 12 of Derms and Conditions, host James Q. Del Rosso, DO speaks with Brent Moody, MD about basal cell carcinoma. Dr. Moody discusses the importance of reviewing the pathology when treating a basal cell carcinoma, especially if significant inflammation is present. Dr. Moody also discusses the use of hedgehog inhibitors and the role they play in the treatment. He reviews indications, side effects, and important pearls when teaching medical students and residents about the surgical and medical treatment of basal cell carcinoma.
Go online to PeerView.com/TPR860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. In this activity, a panel of experts in basal cell carcinoma (BCC) discusses the evidence that supports incorporating immunotherapy into existing treatment protocols for advanced BCC. Scientific lectures are linked with practical, case-centered sessions designed to mimic the collaborative aspects of real-world, multidisciplinary tumor boards in order to clearly illustrate how oncologists can adapt their current practice and offer the power of immune-based treatment to patients with BCC. Upon completion of this accredited CE activity, participants should be better able to: Describe the mechanistic rationale and potential clinical role of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma, Summarize clinical evidence on the use of checkpoint inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma, including in patients progressing on prior therapy, Integrate immunotherapy into the management of patients with basal cell carcinoma in consultation with the wider management team, Recognize the spectrum of immune-related adverse events associated with the use of immunotherapy in the basal cell carcinoma setting.
Go online to PeerView.com/TPR860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. In this activity, a panel of experts in basal cell carcinoma (BCC) discusses the evidence that supports incorporating immunotherapy into existing treatment protocols for advanced BCC. Scientific lectures are linked with practical, case-centered sessions designed to mimic the collaborative aspects of real-world, multidisciplinary tumor boards in order to clearly illustrate how oncologists can adapt their current practice and offer the power of immune-based treatment to patients with BCC. Upon completion of this accredited CE activity, participants should be better able to: Describe the mechanistic rationale and potential clinical role of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma, Summarize clinical evidence on the use of checkpoint inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma, including in patients progressing on prior therapy, Integrate immunotherapy into the management of patients with basal cell carcinoma in consultation with the wider management team, Recognize the spectrum of immune-related adverse events associated with the use of immunotherapy in the basal cell carcinoma setting.
Go online to PeerView.com/TPR860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. In this activity, a panel of experts in basal cell carcinoma (BCC) discusses the evidence that supports incorporating immunotherapy into existing treatment protocols for advanced BCC. Scientific lectures are linked with practical, case-centered sessions designed to mimic the collaborative aspects of real-world, multidisciplinary tumor boards in order to clearly illustrate how oncologists can adapt their current practice and offer the power of immune-based treatment to patients with BCC. Upon completion of this accredited CE activity, participants should be better able to: Describe the mechanistic rationale and potential clinical role of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma, Summarize clinical evidence on the use of checkpoint inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma, including in patients progressing on prior therapy, Integrate immunotherapy into the management of patients with basal cell carcinoma in consultation with the wider management team, Recognize the spectrum of immune-related adverse events associated with the use of immunotherapy in the basal cell carcinoma setting.
Go online to PeerView.com/TPR860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. In this activity, a panel of experts in basal cell carcinoma (BCC) discusses the evidence that supports incorporating immunotherapy into existing treatment protocols for advanced BCC. Scientific lectures are linked with practical, case-centered sessions designed to mimic the collaborative aspects of real-world, multidisciplinary tumor boards in order to clearly illustrate how oncologists can adapt their current practice and offer the power of immune-based treatment to patients with BCC. Upon completion of this accredited CE activity, participants should be better able to: Describe the mechanistic rationale and potential clinical role of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma, Summarize clinical evidence on the use of checkpoint inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma, including in patients progressing on prior therapy, Integrate immunotherapy into the management of patients with basal cell carcinoma in consultation with the wider management team, Recognize the spectrum of immune-related adverse events associated with the use of immunotherapy in the basal cell carcinoma setting.
Go online to PeerView.com/TPR860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. In this activity, a panel of experts in basal cell carcinoma (BCC) discusses the evidence that supports incorporating immunotherapy into existing treatment protocols for advanced BCC. Scientific lectures are linked with practical, case-centered sessions designed to mimic the collaborative aspects of real-world, multidisciplinary tumor boards in order to clearly illustrate how oncologists can adapt their current practice and offer the power of immune-based treatment to patients with BCC. Upon completion of this accredited CE activity, participants should be better able to: Describe the mechanistic rationale and potential clinical role of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma, Summarize clinical evidence on the use of checkpoint inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma, including in patients progressing on prior therapy, Integrate immunotherapy into the management of patients with basal cell carcinoma in consultation with the wider management team, Recognize the spectrum of immune-related adverse events associated with the use of immunotherapy in the basal cell carcinoma setting.
Go online to PeerView.com/TPR860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. In this activity, a panel of experts in basal cell carcinoma (BCC) discusses the evidence that supports incorporating immunotherapy into existing treatment protocols for advanced BCC. Scientific lectures are linked with practical, case-centered sessions designed to mimic the collaborative aspects of real-world, multidisciplinary tumor boards in order to clearly illustrate how oncologists can adapt their current practice and offer the power of immune-based treatment to patients with BCC. Upon completion of this accredited CE activity, participants should be better able to: Describe the mechanistic rationale and potential clinical role of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma, Summarize clinical evidence on the use of checkpoint inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma, including in patients progressing on prior therapy, Integrate immunotherapy into the management of patients with basal cell carcinoma in consultation with the wider management team, Recognize the spectrum of immune-related adverse events associated with the use of immunotherapy in the basal cell carcinoma setting.
Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: An Exploration of Clinical Challenges and What the Future Could Hold
Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: An Exploration of Clinical Challenges and What the Future Could Hold
Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: An Exploration of Clinical Challenges and What the Future Could Hold
Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: An Exploration of Clinical Challenges and What the Future Could Hold
Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: An Exploration of Clinical Challenges and What the Future Could Hold
Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: An Exploration of Clinical Challenges and What the Future Could Hold
Chris Melton is a Basal Cell Carcinoma survivor who shares his journey with us from Fairfax Station, Virginia. His acting on early detection led to a good outcome and he continues to practice a disciplined approach to avoid overexposure to the sun.
Dr. Sezar and Dr. Stratigos discuss the FDA approvals of cemiplimab-rwlc in advanced non–small cell lung cancer and advanced basal cell carcinoma.
FDA Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology (D.I.S.C.O.)
FDA D.I.S.C.O. Burst Edition: Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc) for patients with locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma previously treated with a hedgehog pathway inhibitor or for whom a hedgehog pathway inhibitor (or an HHI) is not appropriate
Basal Cell Carcinoma: Treatment Advances for the Progressing Patient
Basal Cell Carcinoma: Treatment Advances for the Progressing Patient
Beyond HPIs for Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Exploring the Clinical Implications of New Evidence
Beyond HPIs for Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Exploring the Clinical Implications of New Evidence
Beyond HPIs for Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Exploring the Clinical Implications of New Evidence
Beyond HPIs for Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Exploring the Clinical Implications of New Evidence
Beyond HPIs for Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Exploring the Clinical Implications of New Evidence
Beyond HPIs for Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Exploring the Clinical Implications of New Evidence
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BCCs are one of the keratinocyte carcinomas, the other being SCC. These are cancers which arise from keratinocytes, the cells which make up a vast majority of the epidermis. BCCs are the most common type of skin cancer. In fact, BCCs are the most common type of cancer, period. To give you some perspective, in Australia, the incidence of keratinocyte carcinomas, BCCs and SCCs, is five times all other cancers combined.It is estimated that 70% of Australians will have at least one skin cancer by the time they reach age 70. Our guest specialist for this episode is Dr Michelle Goh, a consultant dermatologist at the Skin Health Institute, where she works in the Skin Cancer Assessment and Transplant Dermatology Clinics. Michelle is without a doubt one of the busiest and most experienced dermatologists in Melbourne. She is the current Victorian examiner for the Australasian College of Dermatologists and has consulting positions at several hospitals, including the Skin Health Institute, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, The Austin, The Alfred, and the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Her areas of interest are complex skin cancers especially in patients who are immunosuppressed, cutaneous adverse reactions to drugs including immunotherapy, and biologics therapy in inflammatory skin disease. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This episode covers basal cell carcinoma!
I have always said the “C” word changes everything. Are you struggling with things in your life today? Money problems? Family issues? Health difficulties? Problems at work? Have you given those things the “C” word test? You know, cancer. How do your problems stand up next to the call from the doctor, “You have cancer.”I got that call this week for the first time. Now I don’t need to stretch out the story. It’s Basal Cell Carcinoma which is the most common form of skin cancer and next week I will go in and they will perform a Mohs procedure on the little mole size spot until they get to tissues without any cancer in it and I will walk out cancer-free. But, it was the “C” word, and it caused me to pause and check my perspective.The day before a good friend of mine got the “D” word. That’s a bit more shocking than the C-word. Dead. I doubt he heard it, but he knew it was coming. My silly head goes back to games played as a child where you would run around yelling “You’re dead!” We don’t think much about it. It’s just a game until it isn’t. My friend is dead, for real. That too caused me to pause and check my perspective.I laugh when I hear people make the statement “I don’t like change”. It just isn’t true. Of course we like change if it is in the right direction. Your investments have changed to the best position you’ve ever been in. Good change. Your relationship is healthier, your blood pressure is better. Good change. Your reputation among your friends is at an all-time high. Great change. Change can be great.Psychologists will tell us that real deep change is almost always preceded by pain. Without pain to motivate our lazy tails, we are fine on the couch cruising through life. So life has a way of providing that stimulus, that pain to move us along. The stubborn among us will resist thinking we will win the battle against pain. Bad fight to pick.The ancient Greek philosophers were a lively bunch trying to figure out life and understand change while seeking to discover what was absolute. What didn’t change? A guy by the name of Heraclitus is the one who made me smile even though he was given to depression. What is Absolute? His response was “Change”. Change itself is the one thing we can count on. You can never step into the same river twice.To bring us back down to earth and help us deal with change today we have a uniquely gifted traveler on this earth. He’s the Pastor of Bethany Community Church outside of Seattle and it won’t quit growing. I call him the reluctant Pastor. Author Breathing New Life into Faith, Colors of Hope (much needed just now as it is a call for Christ-followers to be about mercy justice, and love) and The Map is Not the Journey: Faith Renewed While Hiking the Alps. Welcome, Richard Dahlstrom.
I have always said the “C” word changes everything. Are you struggling with things in your life today? Money problems? Family issues? Health difficulties? Problems at work? Have you given those things the “C” word test? You know, cancer. How do your problems stand up next to the call from the doctor, “You have cancer.”I got that call this week for the first time. Now I don’t need to stretch out the story. It’s Basal Cell Carcinoma which is the most common form of skin cancer and next week I will go in and they will perform a Mohs procedure on the little mole size spot until they get to tissues without any cancer in it and I will walk out cancer-free. But, it was the “C” word, and it caused me to pause and check my perspective.The day before a good friend of mine got the “D” word. That’s a bit more shocking than the C-word. Dead. I doubt he heard it, but he knew it was coming. My silly head goes back to games played as a child where you would run around yelling “You’re dead!” We don’t think much about it. It’s just a game until it isn’t. My friend is dead, for real. That too caused me to pause and check my perspective.I laugh when I hear people make the statement “I don’t like change”. It just isn’t true. Of course we like change if it is in the right direction. Your investments have changed to the best position you’ve ever been in. Good change. Your relationship is healthier, your blood pressure is better. Good change. Your reputation among your friends is at an all-time high. Great change. Change can be great.Psychologists will tell us that real deep change is almost always preceded by pain. Without pain to motivate our lazy tails, we are fine on the couch cruising through life. So life has a way of providing that stimulus, that pain to move us along. The stubborn among us will resist thinking we will win the battle against pain. Bad fight to pick.The ancient Greek philosophers were a lively bunch trying to figure out life and understand change while seeking to discover what was absolute. What didn’t change? A guy by the name of Heraclitus is the one who made me smile even though he was given to depression. What is Absolute? His response was “Change”. Change itself is the one thing we can count on. You can never step into the same river twice.To bring us back down to earth and help us deal with change today we have a uniquely gifted traveler on this earth. He’s the Pastor of Bethany Community Church outside of Seattle and it won’t quit growing. I call him the reluctant Pastor. Author Breathing New Life into Faith, Colors of Hope (much needed just now as it is a call for Christ-followers to be about mercy justice, and love) and The Map is Not the Journey: Faith Renewed While Hiking the Alps. Welcome, Richard Dahlstrom.
Kimberly Ivester, director at the Helen G. Nassif Community Cancer Center, joins Dr. Arnold to discuss types of skin cancer and steps you can take for prevention.
The weekly COVID-19 news -- widespread testing is the main challenge; How Mohs surgery eliminates basal cell skin cancer -- other helpful treatments; Night eating maladies -- causes and therapies; The history of determining normal body temperature and how it has decreased historically; The weird auto-brewery syndrome can be cured with antifungals; A bacteria can eat polyurethane
The weekly COVID-19 news -- widespread testing is the main challenge; How Mohs surgery eliminates basal cell skin cancer -- other helpful treatments; Night eating maladies -- causes and therapies; The history of determining normal body temperature and how it has decreased historically; The weird auto-brewery syndrome can be cured with antifungals; A bacteria can eat polyurethane
Chris is back! So this week I expain to him and Carl about my recent alien abduction in the middle of the night where I woke up with the back of my hand stinging and a chunk taken out of it. And from that moment on, the Basal Cell Carcinoma that I had on my nose got smaller and smaller and has now practically disappeared. We've now started a Patreon page so you can come and join in the community and support the podcast. https://www.patreon.com/MartsWorldPodcast
We start season 2 by taking a quick detour from the reaction patterns to cover some important dermatology topics, starting with basal cell carcinoma (BCC). We also welcome our first new attending of the season with Dr. Chop to teach us some pearls on BCC, which is the most common type of skin cancer that … Continue reading "Ep16 MISC (Miscellaneous) – Basal Cell Carcinoma"
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Recently, Jeff's wife suggested to him that he go to the dermotologist since she noticed a few moles pop up on him and after he visited the doctor, he got a call back that nobody wants to receive. It turns out that Jeff has Basal Cell Carcinoma (a form of Skin Cancer) and while it is highly treatable and easily repairable today, it still is a scary battle for Jeff that he has never faced before.Would you drop some encouragement to Jeff and keep him in your prayers?
Dr. Bobby Awadalla is a well-respected board-certified dermatologist and Mohs micrographic surgeon. He brings his extensive knowledge of dermatology and state-of-the-art expertise in skin cancer removal, facial plastic reconstruction and cosmetic dermatology to his role as the creator and entrepreneur behind UVO. An outdoor enthusiast himself, Dr. Awadalla enjoys swimming, body surfing, running, basketball and travel. For years, he heard all the reasons why people avoid topicals – they don't like the smell, the feel, the burning in their eyes or the hassle of applying. Because he knows the importance of a good skin care regimen, Dr. Awadalla spent years researching natural ways to support skin health from the inside out, which led him to develop UVO.UVO is a drinkable multivitamin formulated specifically by Dr. Bobby Awadalla, to give your skin the nutrients it needs to function optimally. UVO contains over 20 vitamins, antioxidants, and nutrients from superfoods that help promote anti-aging, restore beauty, and support overall skin health from the inside-out. In addition to being a powerful daily multivitamin, UVO is also non-GMO, vegan, gluten-free, and does not contain any artificial flavors or preservatives. For more information, please visit drinkuvo.com.
Lets Talk about skin cancer... On this week's episode of the Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry we have Dr. Candrice Heath. Dr. Heath is a board-certified dermatologist and actually comes tripled boarded in Pediatrics, Dermatology and Pediatric Dermatology. She is a nationally recognized best selling author, and speaker and this week she lends her expertise to the Lunch and Learn Community for National Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Candrice gives us the ABCDs of skin cancer, teaches us what to expect when we go see the dermatologist and helps me try to break down some of the misconceptions associated with skin cancer and people of color. Dr. Candrice also lets us in on some exciting upcoming news about her company My Sister’s Beauty. Remember to subscribe to the podcast and share the episode with a friend or family member. 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I’m your host, Dr. Berry Pierre, your favorite Board Certified Internist. Founder of drberrypierre.com and as well as Pierre Medical Consulting. Helping you empower yourself for better health with the number one podcast for patient advocacy. This week we bring you an episode with Dr. Candrice Heath, who is an amazing person and most importantly is going to be talking to us about skin cancer. And you know, just to kind of caveat before we get into her bio and how amazing this person is. For those who may be listening, especially Lunch and Learn community. I've kind of referenced this before on a previous episode where we talked about skin cancer. I felt like this time I wanted to bring an expert and kind of get their expert opinion on to disorder, right? And if you want to know why this topic is so important, we're actually in skin cancer awareness month and when we talk about the number of cases of skin cancer that occur per year, it outnumbers the number of cases of lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer combined, right? So it's an extremely important topic that I think a lot of times doesn't really get the fan fair especially because a lot of times when we think about dermatology tend to think about the aesthetic aspect of dermatology. But we really don't think about the fact that they are really in high demand when it comes to pathology and disease process and education, which is why I felt, you know what, let me bring this amazing guest here. And again. I just want to kind of read her bio just so you guys can understand, how important and how specialized this person is, Dr. Heath. She is a highly respected dermatologist. She's board-certified in Dermatology, Pediatrics and Pediatric Dermatology. And ladies and gentlemen, I mean she is triple certified in her specialty, right? Just so you can guys can get an idea of how amazing, especially she is. She got her undergrad degree at Wake Forest University. Her medical degree at the University of Virginia and her pediatric training at Emory. And then she ended up getting her dermatology training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City. She was elected to achieve dermatology resident during her final year of training and she went on to serve a role at John Hopkins University, Department of Dermatology. And as well as a pediatric dermatology fellow as well as a dermatology instructor. If you didn't get that right, just understand that this is definitely a very highly specialized person that we're bringing onto the podcast, really to educate the Lunch and Learn community. And most importantly, and this is what I love. She’s the founder of My Sister's Beauty, the official skincare line of the woman of color and founder of a vibrant online community associated with skincare and beauty tips for women of color. So amazing person, Dr. Candrice Heath. Again, she is a personal friend of mine as well. And she has blessed us with the opportunity to talk to us today just about skin cancer. And really, you know, what we should be thinking about when it comes to skin health, right? Because I think when we talk about empowering ourselves for better health, right? We got to understand that the whole body has to be working in unison, right? And I think a lot of times we forget about the skin. Again, I talked about the numbers, more cancer cases worldwide and the majority of these cancers put together. So you know, ladies and gentlemen, get ready an amazing episode. Again, I have Dr. Candrice Heath and we're going to be talking about skin cancer and skin cancer awareness. If you have not had a chance, remember, subscribe to the podcast, leave me a five-star review. And you know, when we leave the links for Dr. Candrice, go ahead and follow her and let her know how she did an amazing job this week. Episode Dr. Berry: All right, Lunch and Learn community. Again, thank you for joining us for another amazing episode. Again, this month being, you know, skin cancer awareness month. I was thinking long and hard and I said, you know, who can I get to really educate you to get us on far, to get us, get those bad thoughts that really shouldn't be in our mindset when we talk about skin cancer but really educated us and you know, kind of go through a lot of the fluff that I know that's out there. So of course if you listened to the bio, you know, we have Dr. Candrice here who is an amazing person in general. This is just an amazing person, an amazing physician. And I was just glad that, you know, she was able to give us some time to talk to us today, Dr. Candrice thank you. Dr. Candrice: Oh, thank you so much for having me today, Dr. Berry. Dr. Berry: We did a little bit of your bio in the introduction, but you know, for people who may not know you and you know, this is their kind of first entry into your world. Who is our Dr. Candrice? How are you going to get us together today? Especially when we talk about this discussion of skin cancer that even when I was doing like, you know, the little research that I did on skin cancer, I didn't realize how serious it was. Still the people a little bit about you that, you know, they may not have gotten from your bio, but you know, they will get, just have to listen to this episode today. Dr. Candrice: So I guess, I mean there are lots of things out there about Dr. Candrice, but what people really want to know or need to know is that I truly love being a dermatologist. I've learned on my journey that not a lot of people can say that they're passionate about what they do. They love it. But I truly love being a dermatologist and I enjoy all aspects of that from the education to what happens in the exam room, with the patients. And I realize that not only am I providing a diagnosis, treatment education but that I am actually impacting how someone feels about themselves. And that is a huge win for me. Dr. Berry: I love it. I love that. And of course, especially for Lunch and Learn community who may not realize, like when we talk about medical specialties, dermatology is one of those upper echelon specialties that if you're able to get through the rigors of medical school and conquer and do what you need to do, right? Like you can attain it, right? So again, this isn't a specialty that people just kind of walk into. Like they really have to put some work in. And again, I know Dr. Candrice as a person. I know her, I noticed she's an amazing person. I do want to really illuminate the fact that we got really a special person to talk to us today about skin cancer, right? Which again is, first of all from the numbers. Just from a sheer numbers standpoint, it was common cancer in the world, right? Boom. Like if that alone doesn't get your ears up and ready to educate yourself on this topic, I'm not sure what is. But Dr. Candice again, I’m an internist. I'm a hospital physician and you know, they've kind of heard the back story of how I got into there. What made you fall in love with dermatology? Like what was the path that kind of led you here to be able to grace us today? Dr. Candrice: Growing up, my older sister has something called nevus of Ota and it's actually a green birthmark that covers one side of her face. And so not only did we spend time going to our regular checkups with our pediatrician. We also would yearly visit our dermatologist in our local town. And I can still recall how excited and with anticipation. We would anticipate these visits because we would hope that they would have something to share that could take this birthmark away. And year after year, appointment after appointment, we were met with disappointment because there were, the technology hadn't really caught up so people with skin of color were not able to use the laser devices that were coming out to take away things on the skin such as my sister's birthmark without leaving significant scarring. But despite the answer being, "no, not yet," there's no solution yet, the dermatologist would take time to address my sister's self-esteem. And those few minutes actually really made the difference to me. And I said, wow, you know, dermatology, that is true, this is a different kind of doctor’s experience. So I could definitely experience what it was like to have a family member that had an ailment on the skin that everyone can see. So it's not like diabetes or having a heart problem where people may not be able to tell from your exterior that you're having issues inside of your body. But to be able to walk around with something that the general public can see. Man, that is an experience. Okay. So I took those observations and thoughts and also that experience that we had in the exam room. And then that's when I became interested in this whole dermatology, this skin disease. So if you can imagine, you know, 10-year old walking around and saying, hey, I want to be a dermatologist. That was me. I did not know about the uphill battle that we're following at it, know about how challenging it would become. And yes, I did set that goal based on my personal experience and I persevered to cross the finish line, but it wasn't easy. So people have to continue to follow me as I share more about that story. The great news is that yes, I am a dermatologist today and I'm so grateful for that so that I can live in my passion. But it was definitely a journey of perseverance to get here. Dr. Berry: I think that's telling because I think a lot of times when I think the common person, kinda hears about dermatology. I think they get kind of skewed, right? Because, they kind of think of more of the aesthetic, the Botox, that type of feel not realizing like no, there’s a lot more things that you know, it's scary. Right? You know, it can be disheartening especially from a self-esteem standpoint. So the pathology alone, right? Like and when we were talking about mythology, we talk about like disease courses, right? The amount of diseases that either originates from the, that show up on the skin is so vast. Again, I'm always impressed that you know, by my dermatologist because I know how much work, when did they put to get there as well as how much work they got to do while they there. Right? Like it's not a nine to five, you just chilling your junior year injecting people and then you're kind of keeping them, you know, a beautiful and healthy whole day. Right? There's a lot of clinical diagnostic procedures and treatment and discussions that go on a day to day basis. Right. Which is why I'm definitely such a fan of the field in general. Not so much offended. I wanted to be a dermatologist but enough that I can appreciate it from the outside. Dr. Candrice: And I definitely, thank you so much for highlighting that I think our other physician colleagues understand the scope of what we do. Yes. I do have colleagues who only do aesthetics, the only botox and fillers and things like that, but there is a large breadth of things that we do under the dermatology umbrella and I'm happy that our physician colleagues are excited that we can actually help them with their patients. Now the general public may just see us as, you know, a skin doctor or pimple popper or something like that, but in actuality, on a day to day basis, I am taking care of people who have severe disease and like brought up Dr. Berry as a dermatologist. It's amazing. I can go into the exam room, I can look at someone's skin and I can say, hmm, I wonder if this patient has diabetes. I wonder if this patient has thyroid disease. I know this patient has an autoimmune disease. And so it's amazing because, you know, the medical students are thinking, how would you know all of this stuff? My mind is trained to look at the skin, look at the hair, look at the nails, and come up with conclusions based on the patterns of recognition that I've seen over the years. So it is amazing. And yes, we do more than just acne and dry skin. We do lots of things and we take care of patients who have a serious disease. Dr. Berry: That was interesting. I know, and I know we're definitely gonna talk about it, you know, a little bit late on this show is the fact that you were introduced to the field very early. Cause I'm being honest, right? Like I've never been to a dermatologist, right? Like I'm 35 years old. No, don't hate me. Don't hit me. Right? I know, I know. I'm bad. I know. Trust me. You know, doctors make the worst patients, right? But I've always felt like, well, what am I going to do it here? This my skin looks okay. Right? So, I'm actually very happy that, you know, you guys were very introduced very early because I think a lot of times we hear, well, you know, let's say, skin color, you know, your dark skin, it is really nothing after you to do, there isn't nothing that he can tell you. I read the books, right? A lot of times when I'm reading books and I'm trying to get the description and I'm like, well what does this look like on a black person? Right? What does it look like on me? I don't know what this rash would look like on myself. Right? So I always kind of struggle with that. And again, we're definitely gonna talk about that later on. But I'm definitely kind of happy that, you know, you got introduced very early. Dr. Candrice: Yes, it is. It definitely has been a passion for a long time and yes, we do need more educational resources that highlight people with skin of color who had these specific things that we're trying to educate our colleagues about and the general public about. Dr. Berry: So with, with me, right, obviously we're recording this right? This is a skin cancer awareness month. I'll kind of all wrapped into one when we talk about skin cancer awareness. Like why for one. Right. Because this is the question I always get when we have these like health-related month. I like why does it stay made a whole month? Right? So like that I, I post you, right? Like why does skin cancer really need a whole month for us to be aware of? And what kind of says, you know what, I need to take this mantle and make sure I'm educating everyone about like skin cancer. Not to say that all your packages are nothing but skin cancer. I, but why is this like particular subjects such an important, I think for everyone to kind of know about it. Dr. Candrice: Skin cancer awareness month is a very important topic and yes, it should span the entire month of May and as a dermatologist, every day is skin cancer. Well you know, I could be a little biased. I mean, the thing is we all have skin and so sometimes we have been ingrained with these things that say, Oh, if you have brown skin, you don't have to worry about, you know, getting skin cancer. You don't have to worry about these things. So you just kind of tune it out. But I hope that every year when the month of May rolls around that people, regardless of their skin tone, learn something new about something that can potentially affect them, which is skin cancer. So it's all about educating, educating, educating. And if we only get 30 days out of the month to do that, or 31 days out of the month and do that, I say, let's go forward. We all have skin and we can all be infected regardless of skin tone. Dr. Berry: When we talk about just like the sheer numbers, right? I kind of alluded to it being the most common type of cancer in general, which is funny, right? Because me being an internist, I hear a lot about long, right? I hear a lot about the prostate, right? I hear a lot about breasts, I hear a lot about those things, but then when I'm looking at the numbers and they're like, whoa, those skin cancers, like I was pulling it out of water. Like I think that was more shocking to me. Obviously, you're in the field so we're probably not gonna be a shocking you. But like I thought that kinda hit me. I was like, oh I have this many people like dealt with like skin cancer. What are some of like the numbers, the stats, you know, Lunch and Learn community loves numbers from a statistic standpoint. Like, like how many people like are dealing with cancer and especially on a worldwide basis. The United States, you know, black folks, some women. Like what are some of the numbers that you kind of run across? Dr. Candrice: So I'm really, the numbers are usually broken down into the number of cases of melanoma that are diagnosed every year, which is a specific type of skin cancer than the most deadly type of skin cancer. There is the other group which is non-melanoma skin cancers. And often non-melanoma skin cancers, you're going to probably get about 5.4 million cases that had been treated in an average year. So that is a lot of cases of cancer. And then if you dive deeper into the statistics, you will find that one in five Americans by the time that their age 70 they're going to develop skin cancer that's taking all comers, all ages, all races of people putting them in the pot and you're coming up with the one in five Americans. So yes, it is definitely way more common than you think. And even when we really dissect out to the most deadly type of skin cancer, which is melanoma, it is predicted that there will be an increase in the year 2019 unfortunately by almost 7.7% so this is something that is not going away and it is definitely increasing. So we have to be on the lookout for it. The prediction of the number of cases for 2019 is over 190,000 cases are predicted to be diagnosed this year. So we definitely enough to be on the lookout for this. Dr. Berry: And what's interesting especially, and I am not sure if it's because it doesn't get the fanfare right? Like again I know we talked about breasts, we were talking about lung and just for Lunch and Learn community just from a number of sake, you know she was talking in the millions, right? When we talk about cases I'm like lung cancer, breast cancer, those are like in the 150 to 200 thousand. Just to give you an idea from a sheer numbers standpoint. How much more common it is right to have skin cancer than it is the other cancers, right? Not to say that no one is better than the other, but just when we talk about media and we talk about the influence of it, but then we had Dr. Amber Robins talked about the influence of media on our health care. This is one of the things that we see, right? Like we, we see like this is an issue that probably should get like more than a month if this many people, right. Ideally, with a skin cancer wet, you know, we got a month so we're gonna focus on and kind of do it here. And you talked about the different types of skin cancer, right? Like especially in your training when you're dealing with the melanoma and again, melanoma, we, you know, I know as an internist, you know, that's a bad word for us, right? We were as the one that's kind of scary for us as one, we tend to see exhibit an in a lot of different functions and especially when we're talking about when it starts spreading everywhere. When you're talking about melanoma versus the non-melanomas type skin cancers, right. And you just kind of start breaking those down. What is it that people should be doing? Right? Like again, what should I do? Should I start like scan to my skin now? Because now I'm getting kind of scared, right? All these people are against cancer, I'm getting kind of scared. I need to be worried about it. Dr. Candrice: Well definitely really the first step is to educate yourself. So you landed in the right spot. So we talked about melanoma being the most aggressive, a type of skin cancer. And then there are also those types which include Basal Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and even a rare to very rare type that we don't talk about that often called Merkel Cell Carcinoma. So there are various types. And the best thing that you can do is to definitely see a dermatologist once a year to get a head-to-toe, a skin check. But then right in your home you can actually go ahead, advocate for yourself, taking a mirror and looking at your own skin. The first step is to really get to know what is living on your skin already. You know, time and time again, I may ask a patient, how long has this been there? And they, so I don't know. I haven't seen my back in two years. That’s unacceptable. I want you to get to know what is on your skin regularly. That way you can be a better, this hectic just in case something changes or comes up, you can say hey you can go to your primary care doctor and say look I need a referral to a dermatologist because this is changing. This was not there before I'm concerned. Dr. Berry: Okay, get in tune with what your skin is so you know what their baseline is and you do recommend just like once a year? Like I said clearly I'm overdue. Right? So you're just saying just like you're doing your regular annual checkup, you should be seeing your skin screening as well? Dr. Candrice: Yes, I do recommend that people get skin checks and definitely you know if you had lesions on the skin, moles, etc. They should be checked. And people with skin of color, of course, we have to be very very careful because skin cancer can happen on areas of the body that you may not expect. So for people with skin of color that means anyone with non-Caucasian skin, non-white skin, the risk of your skin cancers are going to be higher. When we were talking about melanoma on the soles of the feet, the palms of the hand inside of the mouth. So those are areas that people may not even think about that can be effect by skin cancer. And yet that's where we find the most deadly type of skin cancer in people of color. Dr. Berry: Are we've already dealing with more aggressive types of skin cancer or is it our lack of, you know, just being aware and following up on the skin cancer? Like what would you, if you had to lean one way or the other? Dr. Candrice: The number one thing for skin cancer and people with skin of color is late detection and delayed diagnosis. The patient doesn't believe that they can ever have skin cancer, so that may delay treatment. Also, there are some primary care physicians who are uncomfortable with things on the skin and that stems from just, you know, how physicians are taught and what they're exposed to. So they may not actually get a lot of teaching in dermatology during their training. So it's an area that they may not feel as comfortable with. So it may not be on their radar to even look at the hands and feet of someone with the skin of color and to refer that patient. So basically, usually by the time that patient with the skin of color lands in my office, regardless of the cancer type, it is usually at a higher stage. So it is going to be the worst case scenario I'm walking in. So versus someone else who may have been trained from a child to say, you know, we can get skin cancers, you have to protect your skin from the sun, you have to do this, you have to do that. So they're more aware that things can go wrong on the skin. But if you have no clue that 'that' could happen, you have definitely, there's a long time lapse between when that appeared on the skin when you can actually get your diagnosis. And that definitely affects your prognosis. Dr. Berry: Wow. Okay. All right. Dr. Candrice, she's getting us together. So yeah, I'll know until right now, next week, I am scheduling my dermatology exam because it is clearly serious. And again, this is if, if you, if you had one month to choose to like do your routine skin screening exams, why not let it be in the month of May when you know, skin cancers around us. The spotlight is on from a media standpoint is on it. So this is definitely the month you should be thinking about, you know, calling your primary care doctor like right now. And if you're in Florida, fortunately in Florida, you don't even have to get a referral. You can go straight to your dermatologist. Thank you for Congressman Wasserman for that standpoint there. That's great. So I taught, I hear about skin cancer, I read Baskin cancer a lot. And I always see this is the A, B, C, D, E of the skin cancer. Right? What is that? And you know, how could my Lunch and Learn community, you know, derive and be educated and you know, get on the ball with, in the car and in regards to at ABCD’s of skin cancer. Dr. Candrice: The ABCD’s are really A, B, C, D, E. Now we've actually added E to that as well. (Okay.) It is a reminder for you when you're looking at your skin, what are some of the things that I should look for as warning signs or things that are going wrong on the skin? So let's say you have a mole on the skin and if you were to look at, if you were to imagine splitting the mole in half with, you're just with your eyes a little line. If one side does not look exactly like the other side, we say that that is asymmetrical and that is a warning sign. That lesion should be checked. So A stands for asymmetrical. One side doesn't look like the other, that could be significant. The B stands for border. So if it has a round, nice, crisp border, then we're not going to worry as much. But at the borders brace squiggly and not a very crisp, that could be a problem. Also, the C stands for color. So if your mole all of a sudden goes from being brown to having brown, gray, pink, white, basically changing in color, that could be a problem. So that's something that could trigger you to get that checked out. D stands for diameter. So typically, melanomas are in other things that are going to be problematic are the greater than this, the head of an eraser. Now I've definitely diagnosed things that were smaller than that. But anyway, it's part of the warning signs. So that may be something else that can prompt people to come in. And then the last E has been added in the last several years and that stands for evolving. So basically what that means is even if you don't remember the A, the B, the C, the D with those things stand for if you have a mole that is evolving or changing in any way that may be one that we need to look at more promptly. Dr. Berry: Okay. All right. They added E. I've been out of school for a few years. So when it was my time and they just stopped that d and maybe even add something new. Again, this is why, Lunch and Learn community I tell you all the time I get just as educated from my guest as you guys also. Like I said, I'm getting myself together, get myself mentally prepared, to see this dermatologist, right? So when I do not, again, just like when I go to see this dermatologist, like what happens? Right? I know what happens when I go and get my wellness check and I talked to my doctor about the flu. But what happens when I go to see different charges? I've never been to. So what happens when I go to the dermatologist for the first time? Dr. Candrice: Well, you have to expect to show your skin. I was not born with x-ray vision. So we have to get you out of those clothes and into a gown. Now they usually will ask you, you can leave your undergarments on if you like to make you feel more comfortable and then you will be placed in a gown. And during that visit with my patients, what I do in a very systematic way is that I look over the entire surface of the skin from head to toe looking for anything that stands out. That could be something that is an abnormal and abnormal lesion on the skin. So I definitely will take a look at every area in the extremities, the back, the chest, the scalp, the face, all of that looking to take a look to see if there's anything that looks unusual that needs to be biopsied. So yes, number one is to do expect to actually get out of your clothing, including your shoes and socks and get into a gown. And I think some people… Dr. Berry: Is that something you run into, like people in that really unexpected that part? Dr. Candrice: Yes. Roll up the sleeve, will pull up the pant leg and I said, look, I'm a dermatologist. I need to see the complete picture. You know, that part is very helpful because everybody's moles may not be textbook the same as someone else's. So I need to know your body is making molds and that can actually help me to determine. Is that something that needs a biopsy? Is this just how your body's making them? I need to get a sense of all of that. So I need to see your entire body surface area. Dr. Berry: Okay. I like that. And anything, out there, tips and tricks, get our patients to have it? To get them a full dermatology evaluation? Dr. Candrice: Sure. You know, don't ever be afraid to ask or you know about things that you may be concerned about. Sometimes dermatologist, you know, we lay over the completely benign things, but I often use that as a teaching moment. So I do give those things names and I educate the patient about what those lesions are. But it is important that you get your questions answered as well about specific things that you're concerned about. I think, you know, one of my, some of my favorite instances as a dermatologist is to walk in and you know, there's a someone there for an exam and I start to examine their skin. I see like five circles on their skin with a marker and I'm thinking, hmm. Basically, every time I inquired, basically it's usually a wife that has circles, these lesions because she wants to know exactly what those are and what's the, make sure that those species are okay. So even if you don't have a wife, this makes circles on your skin and there are a few things that you are concerned about. It’s okay to make a list of those things so that we can make sure that we address those specifically so that you leave feeling empowered about your skin. Dr. Berry: I love it. We love empowering here. Because especially when they come to see, you know, the general family practitioner or internist and they're asking a lot of questions. Like I do wonder like what type of leeway do they have when they go in to see their dermatologist? Right? Because again, obviously, you're the expert, right? And you know, if something's like, oh no, that's nothing, but they just want to know, right? Like they read it in a book, they read a blog, they've heard a podcast and they say, oh no if it looks like this, you're supposed to do something about it. Do you run into a lot of that where patients are, you know, they're empowering themselves to be an advocate for themselves. But sometimes you almost have to educate them away from doing extracurricular things that you wouldn't necessarily need to do. Dr. Candrice: Absolutely. I think that's our job as physicians to provide the education and say, this is by all accounts, this is a something that it's benign. It's something that can be observed, you know, you don't have to remove it. So I think just spending time to educate also can be helpful for them as well. Dr. Berry: All right. So I'm in the dermatology again and just kind of preface it. Because again, I remember when I was studying in dermatology type questions for boards and everything else and my number one question was always, well you know what? Like yeah, I understand like how it looks, raised, bordered, redness. Like I already understand how that looks. But like for a person that looks like me, right? Like how does that look? Does it look the same? Should I be worrying? Like is it different? Is it the opposite? I don't know. Do you, when you take care of patients of color and they're coming to you with skin related issues as well, do you tend to find that more difficult or is that just feed your training? You're aware of it? Like I always, because I always want to know, cause obviously when I'm reading a book I don't tend to see too many skin colors and I looked like mine that is examples. Dr. Candrice: Yes. I have specifically sought out training in the skin of color. So I was excited to be able to do my dermatology training with some skin of color experts. And actually my program had a skin of color center as well, so we were known for that. So that allowed me to be able to see dermatology on multiple different skin types. And you're right, yes. Some things do not follow the descriptions in the book at all. So you have to go to someone if you do have the skin of color, go to someone familiar with your skin type so that you can get a more expert exam when it comes to that. Dr. Berry: And when we talk about this is skin cancer in general, especially for skin of color. I know you talked about us 10 being caught later. So does that mean like we're from skin cancer total wise, we're dealing with it a lot more frequently or we just happen to catch it at a much later stage? What are some of the numbers especially for skin color and people with skin of color when we talk about skin cancer and diseases of alike? Dr. Candrice: And this is actually really sad, but people of color, we are less likely to get skin cancers. But for an example with melanoma, the one that is the deadliest tight. When we think about the five-year survival rate after someone has cancer, they, you know, was always these statistics. They go out to say, well, in five years, you know, what's the likelihood this person being alive for an example. So for melanoma, when you compare black patients to white patients, white patients have, you know, it's like over 91% of those patients will have a five-year survival rate. And for blacks, it's only a little over 60% or about 65% or so. So that is drastic, a very drastic difference. And so that goes back to the point of late diagnosis. Particularly when we talk about the most deadly type of cancer. Yes, we don't get skin cancer that often, but man, when we do get it, the prognosis is horrible because it's often caught very late and it has spread beyond just the skin at that point. Dr. Berry: And I can tell you from an internist standpoint, some of the patients I've taken care of, unfortunately in a hospital, you know, we've had skin cancer shows up in the lungs, we've had skin cancer show up on the GI system, we’ve had skin cancer show up in the brain, you know, Lunch and Learn community, give you an idea like this isn't a benign disease that you know a little, you know, biopsy cuts and get outta here. Like once if it does what it's, you know, set to do, it can really cause some problems. Dr. Candrice: Yes, it is very devastating and it definitely will be called metastasizes, which is what you definitely explained. It can go all over the body. Dr. Berry: So, and when we talk about this, some of the reasons why we're coming late, right? The reason why we're not seeing Dr. Candrice earlier, basically for people of color. Like I honestly, I was like, oh, what do I need? Like I'm protected, right? Like, well, you know, I'm protected from the sun, like from it from my peers and my skin color. But what are some of the biggest misconceptions that are out there? People like me, it's getting people of color really need to like kind of erased from their mind when it talks about, you know, just skin cancer and skin disease in general. Dr. Candrice: Please erase the fact that your brown skin and your melanin can embrace all potential harm. Is not true. You can get skin cancer. Let me just hit on my mic to make sure they heard me. Look with brown skin, yes, you too can get skin cancer. Take it from me. If you don't believe the statistics. I am triple board certified dermatologist that looks exactly like you. And yes, I see devastating cases. So please, please, please. It's just, it's not true when people say that it doesn't affect us, it's just not true. Dr. Berry: Lunch and Learn community I hope you I heard that. She’s a triple boarded, right? So again, this is, this isn't just you're running the mill like a physician who was trying to like, no, this is a person who really knows what they're talking about and especially for, I have a lot of listeners of color. You know, if you have not, right, again, don't be like me, right? Like, get just skin check done ASAP. Right? The month of May, get it done by the end of this month. Like, make sure that happens like today. And then make sure you bring family members too right. We didn't talk about, but make sure you bring your family members and get them some chopped too. Because I know a lot of us, a lot of y'all don't already like coming to see us for the world has visited. Right? So if y'all already not seeing us for the wellness visit, I know. Yeah. Not going to see yourselves for that, the skin can visit. So please do that. And you know, kind of get out of that mindset. Right. So, you know, Dr. Candrice can kind of help get us together and get us earlier. Again, that's sad though. 60% of us on a little bit over two-thirds of us are actually making it within five years once we're diagnosed just because we're not being seen early and it has a problem. Dr. Candrice: Yes. Devastating statistic. Dr. Berry: So let's talk about skincare, self-care and I wanna know, right? Like I wanted to know because obviously again for Lunch and Learn community even those who don't know, Dr. Candrice and I, we've been friends for about, like three years now. You know, medical always together. I know how amazing this person is and as she does so much education. That's why I wanted to bring her on the show. Right. So Dr. Candrice tell us about skincare, self-care, and why we need to be with it ASAP? Dr. Candrice: You know, I see so many manifestations of stretch in the skin, in hair disorders, lots and lots of things. And so what I thought about was sometimes for people the moment in the morning before the day gets crazy and they're in the bathroom doing whatever they need to do, that may be their only time for self-care. So I developed this concept, this really kind of mindset that yes, skincare is self-care. So focusing on your skin is a way of taking care of yourself. You walk around with your skin all day, every day, so why not take a few minutes to take care of your skin in those moments of the day when you actually have time to do it. So that really was the impetus to all of this. Just, you know, people stressing out and a lot of, and seeing all these diseases on the skin that all you have to do is cleanser or moisturizer. It's like a really quick fix, right? But people were not taking those few minutes of the day because they said, oh, that takes too long. I don't have time for that. I'm busy. I'm this, I'm that. Well, you at least can you give me three minutes a day to be able to care for your skin? And man, what I saw happening was that yes, people, skin disease improved, but also their attitudes improve. Once I started to pitch it as a self-care, their self-care moments of the day, things began to change. They saw it from being something that was cumbersome that they had to do to something that they actually look forward to doing. Dr. Berry: A highlight of their day to take care of this again. Dr. Candrice: Right, exactly. And you say that with some hesitation, but it’s dermatologist, yes. Dr. Berry: Oh no, my way, she’s about to make up that now. So I already know that when she's in that mood. I don't even mess with her. Go ahead, do whatever. I'll wait. I'm in no rush. I ain't going nowhere anyway. She got a whole routine. It's funny because she's got a morning routine, she's got to go on the bed routine as I'm like, wow. Oh, and of course I'm naive, right? And like I gotta ask you a question like, especially when it comes to men, I'm naive, right? And I'm like, why can't you just wash your face? And they're like, no, you gotta do this and this and it's so it's too funny. That's good care. So can we definitely here for that. I got to ask, right? Because I know obviously Lunch and Learn community what about the men, right? Like how much men are you seeing in your practice? How can we get, and we just, we have this issue just getting them to do their wellness checks, right? Like how are you getting them to come to check their skin out? Dr. Candrice: I see men all the time in the office and as soon as I walk in, I know whether they are there by choice or force. I don't care how you land in there. I'm just happy to see the men when they do come in because it is important for me to have those conversations with them. And then we talk about some of the things that they don't really like. People talk about how, Oh, if I wear sunscreen and, and I'm working out or doing something, and I sweay, it gets in my eyes and this, that and the other. So we have conversations about, okay, well how can we overcome some of those things? Some have been cumbersome for you to get around to kind of get on the bandwagon of protecting your skin. So I really enjoy those conversations. And so I had that segment of men that come in for skin checks. But then also what I'm finding is that even just for general skincare things that men actually care about the way they look. They may not tell you or emphasize it and you know, but they do care about it. They may be coming in for ingrown hairs on the face or a little bit of dry skin here, there. Just you know, things that cap into, to happen to come up. And I've definitely given my male patients permission to actually ask about those things. I'm very active on social media and when I look at the statistics and some of my followers, I was surprised that like 20 to 30% of my followers are men. And no is not because I'm so fabulous myself. Right? (Part of it, maybe.) No, it does not because I am definitely an, I make it a point to really give tips along the way about really, really realistic, you know, short steps that you can do to really take care of your skin. And I said, wow, you know, the guys are actually benefiting from this as well. And they make me feel good that my information can be valuable for both women and men. Dr. Berry: Okay. I love it. Before we get you out of here, I always ask my guest, how can what you do really help empower people to take better control to skincare? Dr. Candrice: I understand that my words are powerful. I understand that my interaction with every patient is important. I can remember being a child in the exam room with my physician and if that physician gave some words of encouragement to me. Oh, you want it to be a doctor? Oh, that's great. Blah, blah, blah, blah. You may have understood that depending on where on the neighborhood that you work in, that you may be the only physician of cover that this patient ever sees. I may be the only physician that ever takes a second to encourage a child, encourage their child. And that one piece of information can be the thing that drives them through their entire schooling to become a doctor because somebody told them that they could. So I always had that in my mind. So I know that I'm empowering that way. And then also empowering beyond the exam room currently. So I know that when I'm giving information to women who come in with hair loss and brown spots and this and that and the other, that I encouraged them to talk to their families about it, talk to their girlfriends about it, talk to other people at the hair salon about it so that my words can travel just beyond, beyond well beyond just my patient, but also to a community. And so I love it when patients come in and say, oh so and so referred me or Oh I heard about you at the hair salon. Oh, I heard about you at church. I love it when that happens because it means that I've done a great job of taking something that can be very scientific and complex and making it very simple enough or just my patients to be able to say, look I saw this dermatologist and she told me x and you should get into. That to me is super empowering. I have now turned my one to one patient experience into a one to many experiences. Dr. Berry: Oh, I love it. Absolutely love it. So Dr. Candrice, how can someone follow you, get educated. Like I said, again this is just one episode but this isn't, this is more of like a blip. Like cause you're doing this all the time and I want to make sure my Lunch and Learn community kind of follow along with you. Where can people find you? When's your next speaking engagement? Let us know some details so we can make sure we get you right. Dr. Candrice: I can be found @drcandriceheath on all social media platforms. That's @ D, R, C, A, N, D, R, I, C, E, H, E, A, T, H, that's @drcandriceheath on all social media platforms. Also. I have launched a beauty line called My Sister's Beauty. So I hang out there a lot as well www.mysistersweetie.com. What we really focused on simple skincare. That is also of course self-care. You know my motto, love that. Very simple. You have to tell your wife about that. And then for my people in the medical community who are always asking me about how do you get these speaking gigs, how do you do that exactly? Why are you so comfortable? How do you do that? I finally put everything into a portal. Okay. So I am debuting very soon, www.drcandriceheath.comf/clinicalpearls. So that you can actually be able to go right there. www.drcandriceheath.comf/clinicalpearls to find out what I am doing in the speaker realm for medical professionals. Dr. Berry: And Lunch and Learn community, all of this link will be in the show notes. So you know, if you're driving, take a shower, whatever you do it, you'll be able to get access to it. And I was just about, I let you go, but you gotta tell us you gotta you can't just like a drop that, you know, beauty line comes and just let you go. Right? What about that right? I know we're talking about skin cancer, were on the self-care now. Let's get us right. Dr. Candrice: I am so, it brings tears to my eyes because this has a long journey to launch this line. And really the primary focus is based on all these experiences that I've had with women. Like I told you before, you know, people feeling overworked, too busy to, you know they have the kids hanging off of one arm, the job doing this and you know the taking care of the home depot, all of these things but yet and still they want to look great, they want to feel great. And one of the main things that people often come in about it, they talk about brown spots on the skin. So I know I wanted to develop something that could definitely help to brighten the skin, give people more, even skin tone. All those things they look for so that they do look refreshed and feel refreshed. So I'm excited about the cleanser that we have. It is amazing. I cannot wait for you all to try it and it is packed with a fruit acid called Mandelic Acid and it definitely helps address those dark spots. And I'm really thrilled about it. It's packed full of botanicals so you will see ingredients that you recognize and like in the line including bringing tea. But moisturizer is my group, My Sister’s beauty. Recovery cream is packed full of aloe and it is just amazing. Like I'm so super excited about this. I have a launch party coming up in my city. I cannot wait. So it's, it's been amazing. It has definitely been a long journey and amazing journey and basically, the best is yet to come and I am just excited to finally be able to birth the thing that has been, working on for so long. And yes that really the focus of all of this is about self-care and that's the most amazing part of this whole thing. So I'm ecstatic. Dr. Berry: I love it. Whenever the launch date we'll make sure we promote. We'll make sure we let the world know Lunch and Learn community where they can get that because that's awesome. Absolutely amazing. Dr. Candrice: I would love that. Thank you so much, Dr. Berry. I would love that. Dr. Berry: So again, Dr. Candrice thank you for really enlightened us, educate as getting us together. I'm like, I said next week this skin care is being made. I'm not sure I'm going to see. I know dermatologist is busy. I might not see off for a month, but the appointment will be made at least. So we were going to get us together. Dr. Candrice: Wonderful. Wonderful. Dr. Berry: And again Lunch and Learn community, you know, this person's amazing. Please. Her information will be in the show notes. Please follow her again @drcandriceheath at all social media outlets. Wherever she's at, wherever you're at, she's likely at as well. Or she'll get there so you know, please make sure. This is a person, a friend that I value her opinion or her expertise or knowledge. And now she's about to drop a line and we're going to make sure we get some from the wife because we're going to get everyone together. Dr. Candrice: Yes. Wonderful. Thank you so much Dr. Berry and your awesome Lunch and Learn community. You really know who I am at this point. I am Dr. Candrice, your favorite fun board-certified dermatologist. I am your go-to girl for everything - healthy hair, skin and nails. Dr. Berry: I love it. Thank you. Have a great day. Dr. Candrice: Thank you. Download the MP3 Audio file, listen to the episode however you like.
Basal Cell Carcinoma - This is the most common form of skin cancer. It is locally invasive and rarely metastasizes. The main problem tends to be local recurrence in difficult to excise areas like the nose, ear and periorbital areas. Basal cell carcinomas which do metastasize have generally been neglected or have suffered multiple recurrences. Median survival in these cases is less than 1 year. Types include nodular, pigmented, morpheaform, squamous metaplasia with keratinization, and ulcerative. Treatment is surgical excision with pathologically free margins. Mohs surgery has the lowest recurrence rate. Other treatments include cryotherapy, radiation therapy and electrodesiccation.
I’ve got problems just like everybody else. I know it’s sort of a sham hiding them all behind a barricade of laughter and merriment the likes rarely seen beyond newborn babies who think a dirty diaper is funny and really old people who think a dirty diaper is funny, but it’s the way I cope. My aunt Janet likes to call me Chandler Bing - the guy from FRIENDS - because no matter what’s going on and even when things get serious, I’ll sometimes break the monotony with a sarcastic or off-the-wall (often not well though out) comment. That’s why I feel like I have license to discuss and laugh about the next three topics. Why I hate the sun (I get skin cancers). I have type 2 diabetes, and I used to be a terribly insecure child. With that, I’m Michael Blackston. Let’s huddle up together - Eskimo style - because where I’m from, it’s getting colder outside, and let’s roast marshmallows over some stories from my funny, messy, life. ___________________________________ There was one year that I got a tan. One. My mom used to have a picture of it somewhere, but I’m thinking the sun sent an agent to destroy it so there would be no record because I haven’t seen it in years. Otherwise, I burn and peel, burn and peel, burn and peel, and then see a skin specialist. Why? Because ... ___________________________________ The hot, steamy, stupid sun is hot. My sister is sad because it’s fall and we’re finally getting some relief from the heat. I know some people like her prefer it – people who enjoy the feeling of the skin melting right off their bones like there was an atomic explosion in their back yard and they neither ducked nor covered. And if that’s you, fine. Don’t worry about my opinion. You go enjoy being a cupcake in God’s Easy Bake Oven. The misery of stepping outside during summer is hard to put into words that will help you to understand just how big a deal this is for me as one of the true white people of the world. I’m not caucasian - that’s too tan. I’m a snow man. Camera men stand me in front of their lenses to balance the light. And as to what the sun does to me when I creep from my shadowy depths into the sting of its shine? Well, have you seen the end of the first Indiana Jones movie? It’s like that, except not as delightful. The way I’m built, it’s as if I’m opening the Ark of the Covenant while wearing an Ozzy Ozborne mask made by Marilyn Manson, and signed by Richard Dawkins. It burns. Not to mention that the sun and I don’t get along for other reasons. You might tolerate the heat to enjoy the beautiful bronze color that your skin inherits from the cancerous rays of the sun, but not me. The sun has a different gift in store if I bask more than approximately 10.62 seconds. I get to unwrap a big ol’ box of Basal Cell Carcinoma – the sort of skin cancers my doctor commented, “They’re the kind you WANT to get if you’re gonna get skin cancers. Hahahaha.” Well it ain’t funny. I don’t WANT to get ANY skin cancers, but nature has resolved that they pair nicely with the skin tags under my arms and so I’m with them. I know it could be worse. My family has dealt with the scare of Melanoma first hand, but even the carcinomas can be bad if you let them go. So my skin doctor tells me to never fear. All I have to do is grease myself down with sunscreen from head to toe every day for the rest of my life and make sure the SPF protection is no lower than 7,948. “And wear long sleeves if you can, unless you get wet. Once your clothing is wet, it offers little protection from the sun,” he says. “In that case, Mr. Blackston, you should make sure your sunscreen is in place and also carry a spare suit of armor with you at all times. In fact, just to be safe and to ensure that you enjoy a happy life under the sun, you just go ahead and put on that suit of armor first thing every morning and wear it all day no matter how much it chafes your nipples and makes your skin tags sore.” No big deal, right? Forget it. Next year, I’m dressing as cool as I can, which may or may not include full public nudity when the temperature rises above 70. You won’t be able to recognize me anyway – my face will be in a puddle around my feet. Because the stupid hot, steamy sun is stupid. And hot. ___________________________________ My wife sent me a photo from Facebook the other day that showed a billboard stating that “This year thousands of men will die from stubbornness.” Under the printed message was a spray painted note. “No we won’t.” It’s a solid statement about men all around the world and the fact that we hate to be told what to do. It also reminded me of how ... ___________________________________ Diabetes Ruined My Day I have a hard time dealing with nagging. Actually, hard time is putting it mildly. I should probably be honest with you and say that if I feel like I’m being harped on, I turn into an incoherent caveman, one nag away from peeing on stuff to mark my territory. And from stories I’ve heard over the dinner table on Sundays, I think I might get it honest. I guess that’s why Kayla was surprised when, after several mentions of going to the doctor and getting my medications in order, I said, “Yeah - you’re probably right,” instead of “OG NO GO TO DOCTOR - OG FEEL FINE!” and I didn’t even pee on anything. I did try to argue that maybe I should be a good Christian and let The Great Physician sort it out, but that went over about as well as I expected it to. I didn’t make an appointment - that would have made too much sense. No, I opted for the walk-in maneuver at the Medical Center, which meant that I wouldn’t see my family doctor, who had a full slate of appointments to examine people who had better planning skills than me or probably the specialist I’d seen in the first place about my diabetes. She wouldn’t be happy at all that I’d not followed her instructions. It also meant I would be waiting in the room of waiting longer than I wanted to. We all know that when you make an appointment, you have to wait anyway, so now that I was being “squeezed in”, I expected to exceed the daily recommended dosage of waiting room while I was in there with sick people and reading magazines that crawled with sick people funk. The wait was long enough, but not as long as I’d thought it’s be. The only problem was the lady sitting next to me who ... Never. Shut. Up. She talked about her brother who was in jail because he’d been falsly blamed for a crime he didn’t commit - RAWNG ACCUSED, she called it, and just because he had outstanding warrants and was driving a car with no license plates and no insurance. “They’s jest lookin’ fer sumbody t’harr-ICE. Ain ‘t got nuthin’ better to do!” Of course, that bled into how his no good girlfriend was pregnant with a baby that wasn’t his, but he was still gonna stay with her when he got out because she got a good check every month and everybody else was tired of buying his cigarettes and booze. And Preacher Billy said he couldn’t wait to take him out witnessin’ again once’d he done his time. It might have been the first time you could actually SEE the IQ level of people dropping. Thankfully, my name was called just in time to keep me from looking up sexy pictures of my cousin Lulabell on Facebook. I’d been on medication for Type 2 diabetes for a year already, but it only took giving out of my prescriptions and not renewing them once before I was on a downward spiral that mixed it all up. Blood pressure meds out? No problem. I’ll get around to filling that right after I finish this salt lick. Diabetes meds are all gone? Whatever. They gave me an upset stomach and so does Ex-Lax. At least Ex-Lax tastes like chocolate and I ... like ... chocolate. Then there was the diet plan ... and the cheating on the diet plan. What started out as a random hiccup every once in a while turned into an all out frat party in my refrigerator, except that I was chugging Yoo-Hoos and Mountain Dew. So there I was face to face with my doctor - the irritated, steaming specialist who I’d promised I’d take my diabetes seriously. She started in like a mother who you’d promised to take cleaning your room seriously, but has found eight dirty plates with silverware, four half-eaten bags of Funyuns and the block of cheese that went missing three weeks ago. “What did I tell about taking your meds?” “You said to take my meds as prescribed.” “Why haven’t you done that?” I just shrugged and counted the counted the long Q-Tips in one of the jars on the counter. There were ten. “Look at me when I’m talking to you!” I thought about telling her she wasn’t the boss of me, but then I remembered she is the boss of my diabetes. “Have you been keeping a check on your blood sugar twice a day and logging the numbers?” “Define logging.” “Writing them down. Have you been checking your blood sugar or not?” “Define checking.” “Obviously not.” “I have been using the little needle lancer thingies, if that what you’re asking.” “Alright. How so?” “Blow darts.” “Do you think this is funny, Mr. Blackston? Diabetes is nothing to laugh at!” “Well, if you give it giant shoes and a rubber chicken, it might be funny.” She threw her hands in the air, yelled, “I give up!” and stormed out of the examination room. A few minutes later, my family doctor came in and sat down in front of me. He has a much nicer bedside manner. “Your specialist has thrown her hands in the air and screamed, “I give up.” “I know. I think it was the Funyuns that upset her. Or the block of cheese.” “What?” “Nothing.” “We’re going to start from scratch, Mr. Blackston, and this time you’re going to do this the right way. You got it?” “Yessir.” I ended up getting three gallons of blood sucked out of me to see where I was at, diabetically and cholestoralicallty, and was given so many prescriptions that the doctor had to put on a hand brace. “Can I still have bread?” “Some, but small amounts of it.” “Can I have Coke?” “Not with sugar. Diet Coke or Coke Zero, although I’d prefer you cut out colas altogether.” “What about a little candy?” “How much is a little?” “A party bag of peanut butter M&M’s.” “No.” “I’m also going to insist you check you blood sugar regularly and not use the needles as darts. Can you promise me you’ll do that?” “My ninja training is gonna suffer, but I guess so.” In other words, I can eat grass and drink water. That’s how I took it. Diabetes had turned me into a cow. My wife tried to talk some sense into me and tell me that all they’re saying is to put on my big boy pants and be smart. If I have candy, eat a couple of pieces and be done. Watch my carbs and learn to enjoy more cleansing beverages. she told me. . It would be an adventure alright - the Temple of Doom - because they’d ripped my heart right out of my chest. I wonder if I could dip green beans in a chocolate fondue? ___________________________________ I lived a pretty charmed life as a kid. My complaints were about things that would get me slapped by children less privileged than me, so I didn’t say a lot. My problems were more of the mental kind. I was small and weak and bad at sports. I could use my imagination, though. There was just one problem. I spent a lot of time with my cousin and he was strong and great at sports, so I defaulted to him in almost everything. It’s time I came forward about ... ____________________________________ The Acceptable Mulk And Other Semi-Heroes There’s a reason behind my hard-headedness and insistence on being in control of my own life, which, by the way, I refuse to apologize for and you can’t make me. Until adulthood, I never felt like I had control of anything. And that didn’t last long because I got married when I was 21, so by law, all control of my life was ceded to my wife. Growing up, I was always a pushover and I wouldn’t stand up for myself. I went along with whatever I was told to do by whoever told me to do it. Part of that was being a scaredy cat and part of it was hating any kind of confrontation. Enter the relationship between me and my first cousin - the one you’ll probably hear plenty about throughout the life of this podcast - the one that did the stupidly stupid things with me I mentioned in episode 2. He had no trouble taking the lead. He was a lot tougher than me and seemed to enjoy a little confrontation because he knew he’d usually win. He’s also five months older than me, so in our childhood minds, his nearly half a year of extra life experience gave him the power by default. We were inseparable as kids, so there was a whole bunch of playing to be done, and I let him dictate what shape that would take. We might create elaborate booby traps in grandma’s back yard to foil trespassers, then laugh at ourselves for making something that started with the word "booby". Or, as in some of my earliest memories, we might defend the city as superheroes. It was the mid to late 70’s and Batman and Robin came on every afternoon. I remember wanting to get into the tv with the dynamic duo so bad that I seriously considered putting a chair through the screen to get to them. Back in those days, grandma let us stay inside the house while she was keeping us for exactly three reasons: Sesame Street, lunch, and Batman. Other than that it was, “Go play outside!” Looking back, I think I understand the logic that us being outside was better than her having to keep us from trying to get to grandpa’s .22 rifle or putting chairs through the tv. We didn’t mind, though. A couple of towels for capes and we were good to go! It didn’t matter that we didn’t have masks, either. We made up for that by starting every new mission with the theme music. My cousin got to be Batman. Every. Single. Time. I always had to be Robin and there would not be any sharing the roles. Whenever I asked to be Batman, he told me I couldn’t because he was stronger and he was the one who had the Batmobile Big Wheel. That made sense and I didn’t argue. Plus he had to admit that I did a better Robin than he did. or Then there were opportunities to save the world as other superheroes, like when we’d ride 865 miles out in the country to go to the private pool my mom was a member of. It was called the Fish and Game Club. The bathrooms at the place crawled with spiders and mosquitoes and smelled like fish. And game. Obviously, I never got to be Aquaman because I wasn’t as strong as my cousin and besides, he was the one who slept in Aquaman Underoos. We didn’t know enough about comic books to realize there was such a thing as The Sub-Mariner and even if we had, my cousin would’ve, being so much older and wiser than me, proclaimed him not as good as Aquaman. So I got to be the sidekicks, like Robin again or Float Boy or a dolphin. Maybe if we’d grown up in a later decade I would’ve gotten to be Spongebob, but I doubt it. If we were pretending to be in Bikini Bottom, I’m sure I’d have been relegated to Patrick or the Pirate face that sings the theme song with the funky lips. Even as we got a little older, he got to be He-Man and I had to be Orko - the little bumbling ghost guy that provided comic relief and always had to be saved. He did throw me one tiny bone in the early eighties when we discovered what would become his all-time favorite superhero, The Incredible Hulk. Our world changed immediately once we got our first glimpse of David Banner going all “OH NO YOU DIT-INT!” on some bad guys and flashing those bright green rage eyes. Suddenly, Lou Ferrigno is ripping out of Bill Bixby’s clothes and it was ON like Donkey Kong (Another childhood thing he was better at than me)! My cousin got in trouble because he kept cutting up his good shirts so it’d look like he’d turned into the Hulk and burst out of them. The problem was, there was only one Hulk and he was a loner. Banner walked sadly from town to town under haunting piano music and nobody followed except for teams of rednecks and oil tycoons bent on terrorizing the neighborhood. The Hulk didn’t have any sidekick. He didn’t need one. That meant there wasn’t much for me to do other than play and cheer on The Hulk as he brought havoc upon unsuspecting back yard hooligans. We had an idea. We’d make one up for me. I sure wasn’t going to get to be the Hulk, but what if there was another hero that worked with him. Thank goodness, my cousin came up with a character and our playtime was saved. I would be the Hulk’s less impressive cousin who turned purple and caused the bad guys unbridled pestering when he got mad. I would be ... The Mulk. That’s right, ! The sad thing is, I embraced it. Just to be considered at least somewhat useful, I was elated and I owned the role of the Mulk. I even cut up a couple of shirts for myself, so you can imagine my surprise recently when I googled images of the Hulk and found a still from The Simpsons showing a comic book of The Formidable Mulk. There were plenty of other times I took second fiddle, too. He got to be Dracula, I got to be Count Spatula - Dracula’s cousin from New Jersey who worked in an Italian restaurant and drank red Cool-Aid. He was The Wolf Man - I was his cousin, The Labrador Man - a mild mannered, but still doglike being that was frightening with my fierce loyalty and skill at fetching anything my cousin threw in the yard. Since then I’ve learned to stand up for myself and be who I want to be, without asking permission. Well, I do try to let God tell me who He wants me to be and I’m okay with that, but nobody else is the boss of me. Well, my mom has some pull. But other than God and mom, nobody tells me what to do except when my daughter flashes her eyes and begs for something. So God, mama, and my daughter are the only ones who can tug at my reigns. And my wife, of course. “Mulk coming, honey!”
30 July 2013: In this podcast, Dr. Robert Dellavalle speaks with Dr. Martin Weinstock, from Brown University School of Medicine, about predictors of basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
Dr Hauschild speaks with ecancertv at WCCS 2016 with updates from recent trials in checkpoint inhibition therapy. He discusses the Hedgehog inhibitor tested through the VISMO trial to treat basal cell carcinoma, and the BRIM trials of vemurafinib ± cobimetinib. Dr Hauschild also considers the the results of Checkmate and Keynote trials of PD1/PDL1 biomarkers presented as ASCO 2016 and the economic viability of these treatments across Europe.
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. New treatments for skin cancer have been evolving rapidly in recent years. Today, a surgical technique called “Mohs surgery” has come to be accepted as the single most effective technique for removing Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma, the two most common skin cancers. Moh’s surgery saves healthy skin, while removing cancerous cells effectively. Tune into SMG Radio to hear SMG’s Dr. Hari Nadiminti discuss Mohs surgery and skin cancer.
JAMA Dermatology Author Interviews: Covering research on the skin, its diseases, and their treatment
Interview with Maryam M. Asgari, MD, MPH, author of Trends in Basal Cell Carcinoma Incidence and Identification of High-Risk Subgroups, 1998-2012
This podcast was recorded live at the 2014 SDPA conference in Indianapolis where Scott Dinehart, MD, lectured on "Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer, Basal Cell Carcinoma, and Squamous Cell Carcinoma." Dr. Dinehart discussed biopsy techniques, diagnosis, and treatment of these skin cancers.
This podcast is on Transform the Treatment of Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma with A Product Theater with Michael Loosemore, and was recorded at the 2013 SDPA Fall Conference in Atlanta.
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Interview with Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser, PhD, Christopher P. Fagundes, PhD, and Ronald Glaser, PhD authors of Basal Cell Carcinoma: Stressful Life Events and the Tumor Environment
Wed, 09 May 2012 14:32:40 GMT http://saveyourskin.ch/podcast/EN/3.2.6.BCC.mp4 Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Günter Burg, MD Zürich & Prof. Dr. Walter Burgdorf, MD 2013-03-10T14:32:37Z Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Günter Burg, MD Zürich & Prof. Dr. Walter Burgdorf, MD no Basal
Background: Basal cell cancer is a common skin cancer, yet studies of second tumors after Hodgkin's disease tend to exclude basal cell cancers as second malignant tumors from analysis. Basal cell carcinomas (BCC) are possibly more common in immunosuppressed patients and were recently implicated as indicators of subsequent malignancies. Materials and Methods: Our database of 1,120 patients with Hodgkin's disease (derived from the tumor registry) was investigated for the occurrence of later BCCs. Kaplan-Meier curves were calculated. Results: A total of 9 cases of BCC were observed 0-20 years after the diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease, One case relapsed after excision. The probability of second BCC was 2.1% after 15 years of follow-up and 7.1% after 20 years. Statistically, the risk for second BCC was increased only in younger patients and with prolonged follow-up, but not in the total group of patients with Hodgkin's disease. Conclusion: BCC is not a major threat: for the survivors of Hodgkin's disease, but continued follow-up is necessary.
Going Below the Surface in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Analysing the Latest Evidence
Going Below the Surface in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Analysing the Latest Evidence
Going Below the Surface in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Analysing the Latest Evidence
Going Below the Surface in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Analysing the Latest Evidence
Going Below the Surface in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Analysing the Latest Evidence
Going Below the Surface in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma: Analysing the Latest Evidence
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