 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 | I still try to be rather cautious about sun exposure since I have fair skin anyway and have tended toward burning, even before radiation. If I'm going to be outdoors for awhile, I generally use SPF 15 sunblock (or higher) and try to wear a hat with a brim.
Just last month I had to have a small basal cell carcinoma removed from my face -- and it was right in the area that received some of the heaviest radiation treatments, so I imagine there's a connection.
Cathy
Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989
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