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44 Vim & Vigour · WINTER 2010 Four people share their experiences with the disease THE FACES OF SKIN CANCER BY STEPHANIE CONNER
Take a look around. Do you think you could identify the people most likely to get skin cancer? Year-round sunworshippers, older women who are always sporting a golf tan and mature men tending to their gardens? Maybe. Then again, spotting those at risk might not be so easy. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, according to Health Canada. Basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas are the two most common types, the Canadian Dermatology Association reports, and cases of melanoma, the most deadly form, are rising. “In terms of basal cell, generally you remove it and it’s gone. And that is usually the case for squamous cell carcinoma as well,” says Dr. Cheryl Rosen, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Dermatology Association and the national director of the organization’s Sun Awareness Program. “But with melanoma, unless you catch it early, it can spread.” “Once skin cancers get beyond their area of local destruction, they get into the bloodstream and lymph nodes,” adds Dr. Ellen Marmur, a dermatologist and author of Simple Skin Beauty. Take it from these four skin cancer survivors: Early detection saves lives. And protecting yourself from overexposure to the sun is important year-round, not just when you’re lounging in the backyard or at the beach. Judy Barlas, age 61 Family history: No cancer in her immediate family likely culprit: Severe sunburns as a child her story: When Barlas recalls her childhood, she remembers severe—even blistering— sunburns. At the time, she says, people didn’t understand the sun’s power. “We didn’t have SPF 30 sunscreen back then,” says the fair-skinned redhead. Plus, Barlas says that she craves the sun because of seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression that worsens in dreary winter months. In 1989, at a regular checkup with her family physician, Barlas pointed out a few spots on her skin. Her concerns stemmed from a close friend’s recent bout with skin cancer. The doctor asked her to monitor the spots, and three months later performed a biopsy, cutting out a sample of tissue. The results were surprising: melanoma on her left knee. “My doctor may have thought it was cancer, but I don’t think she ever thought it would be melanoma,” she says. Vim & Vigour • WINTER 2010 45
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