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Guadalajara.- In 2017, at the Jalisco Institute of Dermatology, about 60,000 consultations were performed, of which 1,715 cases of skin cancer were reported, the most common being basal cell carcinomas and epitheliomas. squamous.
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This figure is higher than that recorded in 2016, where a thousand 314 cases of skin cancer have been reported in Because of this increase, recommend the health authorities go to the professional examination before any change of the skin.
The Jalisco Health Department (SSJ), through the Jalisco Institute of Dermatology "José Barba Rubio" (IDJ), launched Monday the rapid skin cancer detection campaign to be held on 21 and 8th July: From 00 to 13:30 in the facilities of this institute. Totally free and directed to the entire population.
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"We have already 10 years of development of this campaign with very good results, because we detect cases of cancer and especially pre-cancer, lesions that can become invasive tumors, "said Guadalupe Villanueva Quintero, deputy director of the Institute.
Among the goals of the campaign, are first guiding the population to prevent the development of cancer, in addition to providing the means for patients to know how to take care of everything from solar radiation and what are the signs Villanueva Quintero precursors added that the only requirement that must cover the people attending the campaign, is to carry their title INE or the Single Code of Population Registration (CURP) because it is necessary an identification to open the clinical history of patients.
"Skin cancer is more common in the adult population and this is related to solar radiation, recently skin cancer has increased and this is due to the fact that It has a better diagnostic opportunity through these campaigns and to the media, "added the specialist.
Currently, skin cancer occurs more frequently in areas more exposed to sunlight such as the face, décolleté, ears, backs of the hands, arms, forearms and back.
Villanueva Quintero said that it is easy to detect skin cancer because it usually presents as a small ulcer that grows slowly and does not heal. He therefore recommended not to minimize or ignore changes in color or size. 19659002] Signs of alarm …
Asymmetry: we observe that the two sides are not the same.
Edges: irregular, palpable, flat, an increase of this fabric that is easy to perceive with the
Color: peas that do not have a very uniform color, there are lighter areas or more relevant pigmentation points, areas of brown color and black dots.
Diameter: tends to be larger than five millimeters. [19659020] This note contains information on:
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