Squamous-Cell Skin Cancer Poses Serious Risk of Spreading

Skin cancer is a serious risk for people who like to bask in the sun. Of the 3 main types of skin cancer, melanoma is the most deadly, basal the most common, with squamous-cell falling in between. Three times more deadly than melanoma but not as common as basal, squamous-cell cancer is more serious because it is the most likely to spread.

Early treatment boasts a 90% cure rate, but matastases occur in 5% of cases. Once metastasized, squamous-cell cancer is extremely difficult to treat, according to a recent Harvard Health Letter.

"Squamous-means scaly; in 60% to 80% of cases, the lesions emerge on or near scaly patches called actinic keratoses that develop from sun-damaged skin. Such lesions are typically hard, well-defined, and occasionally crusty. You might mistake one for a wart, only flatter. Others are soft and fleshy."

Early diagnosis and treatment are the keys to preventing squamous-cell cancer from spreading. Noted alternative medicine authority Dr. Burton Goldberg recommends a multimodal approach to prevention and cure of skin cancers. In his information-dense video Cancer Conquest, Dr. Goldberg explains the latest technological and therapeutic advances in treatments for cancers of all types. Click the post title to visit Dr. Goldberg's website and learn more about his multimodal approach that combines alternative medicine therapies with conventional protocols to attack cancer on multiple levels.