Skin cancer is the most common type of malignant disease diagnosed in horses, accounting for up 80% of all cancers diagnosed. Squamous-cell carcinoma, or SCC, is the second
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment that uses certain medications to render abnormal cells vulnerable to lasers or other visible light sources. In Part 1 of this article, we
Actinic Keratosis, or AK, is a common and benign skin problem linked with chronic, long-term sun exposure. The small, rough reddish patches that characterize AK are often referred to as “sun
Basal cell carcinoma, or BCC, is by far the most common cancer in people with fair skin, accounting for eight out of every ten cases of non-melanoma skin
Malignant conditions of the skin are the most common form of cancer worldwide. For example, in most of Europe and North America, skin cancer accounts for about one
Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD) is a rare, slow-growing, superficial form of skin cancer that occurs in the gland-bearing skin between the anus and the genitals in people over
One of the best ways to prevent skin cancer from developing in the first place is to eliminate precancerous skin conditions—those that have a propensity for developing into