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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1976
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Whether you work out
doors for a living or simply
enjoy weekends in the sun,
by taking simple precautions
and using good judgment you
can often prevent needless
occurrences of skin cancer,
says a Texas cancer specialist.
According to Dr. Don A.
Card, a surgeon at M. D.
Anderson Hospital in Hous
ton, while scientists may not
know all causes of skin can
cer, ultraviolet (UV) rays
from the sun remain the best
guess.
Presently, superficial skin
cancer, the type attributed to
overexposure to the sun, is
the most common form of
cancer in the United States.
Between 300,000 and
600,000 cases occur annually,
according to American Can
cer Society estimates. Studies
also show that the incidence
of skin cancer is significantly
higher in the South where ex
posure to the sun is greatest.
Although skin cancer may
be the most common form of
cancer, it is also the most ef
fectively treated with a cure
rate of about 95 percent.
Most experts agree that those
figures could approach almost
100 percent if patients would
seek proper medical attention
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to the sun but repeated dam
age to the skin by UV rays
that seems to cause most skin
cancer,” says Dr. Card.
“While most of the patients
we see have been exposed to
the sun over many years,
there are exceptions where
people with limited sun expo
sure develop skin cancer —
thus implicating heredity as
another possible cause.”
It is known that people
with fair complexions are
more susceptible to skin can
cer because their skin lacks
sufficient quantities of mela
nin, the pigment substances
which filter out the sun’s
harmful rays.
When skin is exposed to
the sun, ultraviolet rays stim
ulate these pigment cells to
increase their production of
melanin creating the darken
ing known as “tan”. Thus, a
fair-complexioned farmer
who has little protective mel
anin and prolonged sunlight,
exposure would be at a par
ticularly high risk.
What can you do to pro
tect yourself?
“While most of the pa
tients we see cannot really
alter their lifestyles,” says Dr.
Card, “they can be aware of
the high risk light-complex-
ioned persons have. If they
have previously had skin can
cer or if they are at a high
risk, they should periodically
have a physician or skin spe
cialist check for changes in
the skin’s condition.”
Also, he adds, everyone
can cover the skin when out
doors by wearing wide-brim
med hats, longsleeve shirts
and using a good sunscreen
agent, which a pharmacist can
recommend.
If an abnormal skin condi
tion appears, such as a scaly
skin thickening in a small area
(usually on the face, neck or
hands), see your doctor, urges
Dr. Card. In many cases this
scaliness may be a noncan-
cerous condition known as
actinic keratosis which, while
easily treated, can become
cancerous if ignored.
Other characteristic signs
of skin cancer include pale,
waxy, pearly nodules which
may eventually ulcerate and
crust, or red scaly, sharply
outlined patches, he notes.
Ignoring skin cancer symp
toms can be dangerous. Left
untreated it may become ag
gressive, warns Dr. Card, pen
etrating below the skin to
bone and eventually other
parts of the body where treat
ment becomes more difficult
and the outlook for cure de
creases.
NEXT: Treating Skin Cancer
Do you have further ques
tions? Call your local unit
of the American Cancer
Society or write: Cancer
Information Service, The
University of Texas M. D.
Anderson Hospital & Tu
mor Institute, Texas Medi
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Grad student wins five-mile run
John Crompton headed the pack
from start to finish in the Brazos Val
ley Joggers Club’s five-mile open
run.
The 31-year-old Texas A&M
graduate student toured the Kyle,
Field-West Bypass course in 29:44
despite the warm humid weekend
weather.
David Barrow, 31, and Rusty
Rush, 38, dueled for runner-up
honors, with Barrow crossing the
finish line in 33:29, nipping Rush by
six seconds.
Other participants and their
times: Bradley Kohls, 33:51; Don
Kirby, 34:16; David Allen, 34:59;
Ron Wallace, 35:32; Howard Shert-
zer, 36:33; Tish Husak, 36:34; Bill
Tummins, 39:53, Ed Reyna, 40:10;
Michael Terry, 43:47; Jerry
Heberstreit, 44:23; and Jennifer
Rush and Lyn Reyna, 47:44.
Warren Brown, 12, posted the
fastest time in the club’s traditional
one-mile “fun run,” with a 6:23.
David Reyna was timed at 6:45 and
Mary Ann Wallace, 9:21.
The BVJC’s next outing will be at
5 p.m. Saturday, June 19, for a
six-mile handicap run over its
Brazos River course.
Course cuts car insurance
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AUSTIN — Texas motorists in
terested in lowering their au
tomobile insurance premiums have
an easy solution to this budget prob
lem.
They can complete an eight-hour
classroom course in defensive driv
ing and earn a 10 percent discount
on their insurance premiums.
Since September of 1972 the
State Board of Insurance has
granted a 10 percent reduction in
car insurance rates for three years
following completion of the course.
Joe Christie, Chairman of the In
surance Board, said the Board
g ranted reduction because national
gures show the course cuts down
on accidents.
Christie says Insurance Board fig
ures show that the average Texas
driver saves between $17 and $32
annually for each of the three years
after completing the Defensive
Driving Course. Last year more
than 100,000 Texas motorists com
pleted the Defensive Driving
Course of the National Safety Coun
cil in a program coordinated by the
Texas Safety Association.
At the same time, insurance
companies nationwide lost $300
million, with the biggest losses in
automobile insurance lines. The
1975 experience is leading au
tomobile insurance firms to seek re
lief from these losses, and Texas in
surance companies have served
notice they will request a new hike
in automobile insurance rates when
the Insurance Board meets in July.
This means that auto insurance
may be harder to get in the future,
especially for those with poor traf
fic records, and cost more for every
one.
Christie recommends that people
interested in keeping their auto in
surance rates in line complete a De
fensive Driving Course, and repeat
it if a driver took it initially before
September 1972.
The Defensive Driving Course
concentrates on driver motivation,
positive driving habits, and an
ticipating the incorrect actions of
others and adverse operating condi
tions, including weather, mechani
cal or personal impairment.
To sign up for a Defensive Driv
ing Course, contact the Texas Safety
Association, Box 9345, Austin,
78766, or phone 512/451-7421.
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