You probably know that skin cancer can affect many different parts of your skin. But did you know skin cancer also can occur on your eyelid?
Known as an eyelid cancer, this type of tumor most commonly involves the skin or glands of the eyelid. The most common eyelid tumor types are basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Other less common eyelid tumor types are sebaceous carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma and melanoma.<...
My friends bought me paper plates for my 34th birthday, and it was the most perfect gift. The day before, I had been diagnosed with a rare...
Could a daily aspirin help lower your chances of developing colon cancer? A new study suggests it might.
Researchers looked at the...
Six years ago, I was diagnosed with appendix cancer, a very rare cancer diagnosed in less than 1,000 people in the U.S. each year.
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Could your diet be affecting your chances of developing lung cancer? A new study from MD Anderson shows a link between a diet with a high...
Some 23 years ago, I was 19 and getting ready to start college at Florida State University. But after experiencing blurry vision that could...
In hindsight, my colon cancer diagnosis seems so obvious. My gastroenterologist asked me to repeat a routine blood test in December 2006.&...
In December 2015, I walked across the stage of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s commencement ceremony with a Bachelor of Science in...
Acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor, which means it isn’t cancerous. It begins in the Schwann cells of the vestibular nerve, which is associated...