Squamous-
cell
Carcinoma
It is a common cancer which starts in the
squamous cells (where it gets its name from) which
makes up the epidermis.
Signs and symptoms are:
• Scaly red patches
• Open sores
• Warts
Risk factors are:
• Not wearing sunscreen and being exposed to UV radiation long
times (sun or tanning beds)
• Weakened immune system
• History of skin cancer
• Over 50 years old
• Gender (male are more likely to develop SCC than women)
• Light skin
Prevalence: 1.8 million people are
diagnosed each year with this
cancer
SCC derails skin homeostasis by
Treatments: interfering with the equilibrium
between pathways that are
• Cryosurgery (uses cold to
indispensable for maintaining
destroy cancer cells)
epidermal fitness. DNA-damage
• Skin creams with
turns a harmless cell into one that Interesting facts:
imiquimod or 5-
is volatile, prone to mutation and
fluorouracil (you apply • SCC is the second most
uncontrolled proliferation; a cell
cream to the affected common form of skin cancer
that risks becoming cancerous.
area) in the US with Minnesota
Because such tainted cells do not
being one of the states with
properly engage cellular death and
the highest rates.
instead continue to proliferate,
• Skin cancers can develop in
they start crowding out
regions that are not
neighboring, healthy cells.
frequently exposed to
sunlight-like tissues, bones,
and lymph nodes
cell
Carcinoma
It is a common cancer which starts in the
squamous cells (where it gets its name from) which
makes up the epidermis.
Signs and symptoms are:
• Scaly red patches
• Open sores
• Warts
Risk factors are:
• Not wearing sunscreen and being exposed to UV radiation long
times (sun or tanning beds)
• Weakened immune system
• History of skin cancer
• Over 50 years old
• Gender (male are more likely to develop SCC than women)
• Light skin
Prevalence: 1.8 million people are
diagnosed each year with this
cancer
SCC derails skin homeostasis by
Treatments: interfering with the equilibrium
between pathways that are
• Cryosurgery (uses cold to
indispensable for maintaining
destroy cancer cells)
epidermal fitness. DNA-damage
• Skin creams with
turns a harmless cell into one that Interesting facts:
imiquimod or 5-
is volatile, prone to mutation and
fluorouracil (you apply • SCC is the second most
uncontrolled proliferation; a cell
cream to the affected common form of skin cancer
that risks becoming cancerous.
area) in the US with Minnesota
Because such tainted cells do not
being one of the states with
properly engage cellular death and
the highest rates.
instead continue to proliferate,
• Skin cancers can develop in
they start crowding out
regions that are not
neighboring, healthy cells.
frequently exposed to
sunlight-like tissues, bones,
and lymph nodes
