He skin cancer supposes in Spain a 8.21% of the total tumors detected with 23,392 cases diagnosed last year. It is also the type of tumor that has grown the most, around 40% in the last four years. His … The main cause is based on inadequate exposure to the sun. These data emerge from the information provided yesterday by the World Skin Cancer Dayin which, for the first time, the College of Pharmacists of Córdoba collaborates with the Spanish Association against Cancer.
Both entities launched a information point on Gran Capitan Boulevard where several pharmaceutical companies analyzed the amount of melatonin in the passersby who took the test and subsequently, and after knowing their phototype (skin’s ability to adapt to the sun), they were recommended what cream they should use according to their factor.
He president of the Official College of PharmacistsRafael Casaño, drew attention to the need to expose oneself to the sun with photoprotective creams suitable. “In addition, moles and spots must be monitored, observing them and going to the dermatologist if in doubt,” he added.
Both Casaño and the president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer in Córdoba, María Auxiliadora Cabanás, recognized that skin cancer treatments in their initial phases they are having a percentage of very high success. “If an early diagnosis is made, it can be cured one hundred percent without leaving a single sequel,” added Casaño.
The importance of prevention
The promoters of this campaign put the accent in the concept of prevention with the ‘in situ’ test. «They are machines that measure various skin parameters, today [por ayer] “We have focused on the phototype, which allows us to make the recommendation of an appropriate sunscreen,” the member of the College of Pharmacists, Elena Grande, told ABC.
The phototype analyzes the amount of melatonin and classifies the person’s skin into several types, namely: Celtic, Caucasian white, mixed, Mediterranean, Asian-Hindu or black. From there it is determined ideal protective factor of the cream that the individual must apply. But this has conditions, since it is appropriate to apply two fingers in a line (one on top of the other) to the face, or four to the chest, back and legs.
Normally no one puts on that much, so if a person, for example with combination skin, is recommended protective factor 30, they should actually apply 50, because they will surely spread very little. «In addition, it must be taken into account that the cream must be renewed every two hoursand it is never done,” said pharmacist Ana Moyano in the sense of tending to protective factors greater than those of the recommendation.
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