|
|
Home: Diseases & Conditions: Skin Cancer: Types: Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Causes
Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Causes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Causes of Squamous Cell Cancer
Light-skinned individuals with excessive sun exposure are at the greatest risk of getting SCC.
Other predisposing factors are:
- Excessive exposure to radiation or X rays.
- Exposure to arsenic (chemical found in some water wells).
- Excessive exposure to tars, soot, and some industrial oils.
- SCC is more likely to develop in chronic ulcers and in burn scars and other scar tissue. Scar SCC usually develops years
after the original injury.
- Individuals who are chronically immuno-suppressed, by medication or disease, are predisposed to the development of skin
cancer as well.
|
|
|
|
|
