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The skin cancer cure (the treatment of choice for nonmelanoma skin cancers) By Bill Cham, Ph.D. The laws of nature may be considered as; ‘the forces and processes that produce and control all the phenomena of the material world.’ The sun is a major force in nature and is essential for life on earth; unfortunately the sun also produces some unwanted sideeffects for humans. It is fashionable to have a suntan and people feel that exposing their skin to the sun is a healthy, pleasant thing to do. However, the sun also has a ‘dark side’ in that, the ultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum produced by the sun as light, in particular U.V.-B (290-320nm), is responsible for producing long-term solar skin damage (keratosis) and skin cancers. In fact, skin cancers are the most common malignancy in humans. BEC5 Curaderm® is a topical cream preparation of a mixture of the glycoalkaloids solasodine glycosides (BEC). BECs are present in some solanaceous plants, including edible plants such as Solanum melongena, (otherwise known as eggplant or aubergine). Now, BEC is available to the public for the treatment of cutaneous solar keratosis, basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). This communication gives us some insight how, on the one hand, nature through one of its major forces- sun light, is causing increasingly higher incidences of human skin cancers but, on the other hand, nature, also with the involvement of sunlight and plants has supplied the solution on how to eradicate these skin cancers. The etiologies of keratosis, BCC and SCC, their currently available treatments, and the particular attributes of Curaderm- BEC5 within these concepts of pathogenesis and therapeutics, are presented in this article. Keratosis An overgrowth of the epidermis forms a scaly layer on the skin. The start of this lesion is usually a small patch of dilated capillaries several millimetres in diameter. Then a dry, rough, adherent yellow or dirty brown scale forms, which may bleed if picked off. It may eventually become thick and horny, with a sharp, clear division between the keratosis and normal skin. Solar keratoses occasionally regress if sun exposure is stopped before they become too established. Although non-malignant, they are potentially malignant and can develop into cancer. Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) A BCC is a malignant tumour that rarely spreads to distant sites (metastasises). It starts in the basal layer of cells, between the basement membrane and the subsequent layer of cells and grows upwards from these. It consists of immature cells and has an organized complex of supportive tissue around it. The primary cause of BCC is sunlight exposed onto sensitive skin. Contributory causes are radiation damage, exposure to arsenic, burn scars and vaccination marks. BCCs are the most common malignant skin tumours in humans; they do not spread by metastases, but they erode tissue, and if not treated may eventually kill. BCCs may appear in a variety of guises and on first appearance; they are commonly small, rounded lumps with a pearly edge, and a thin surface covering with a few superficial transparent blood vessels. BCCs may also appear as ulcers, or as bleeding or non-healing lesions. Occasionally they appear as flat diffuse crusting or scaling red lesions. BCC tumours usually grow slowly but in a relentless manner. They then ulcerate and the ulcer will follow the spreading tumour, causing further damage, (for this reason they are also known as rodent ulcers). www.antiaging-systems.com // Order hotline: 1-866-800-4677 // e-mail: ias@antiaging-systems.com 11