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Two Celebs with Skin Cancer in the News

Nicole September 13, 2017 No Comments

Today, I saw two different stories about celebrities who were diagnosed with skin cancer, in this case, basal cell carcinoma. As mentioned in a previous post, basal cell carcinoma is the most frequently diagnosed skin cancer. While not usually deadly, it can be disfiguring if not caught in time. Bethanny Frankel had a growth under her eye removed that turned… Read more »

New Radiation-Based Skin Cancer Treatment

Nicole October 16, 2016 No Comments

As readers of the blog may know, I live in Austin. Our local television station ran a story about a new radiation-based skin cancer treatment that sounded interesting. The treatment is an FDA approved non-surgical treatment called Superficial Radiation. The claim is that the treatment destroys skin cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue. For maximum effectiveness, you need 8-10 treatments, which last… Read more »