🩺 Bowen's Disease Treatment: Managing Early-Stage Skin Cancer
HOOK
Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are key to successfully managing Bowen's disease, a form of very early skin cancer that is typically confined to the outer layer of the skin. With timely intervention, most cases can be effectively treated, helping prevent progression to invasive skin cancer.
HISTORY / OVERVIEW
Bowen's disease is an early, non-invasive form of Squamous cell carcinoma in which abnormal cells are confined to the epidermis (the outermost layer of the skin). It commonly appears as a slowly enlarging, persistent, red or scaly patch and is most often found on sun-exposed areas, although it can occur elsewhere on the body.
Risk factors include long-term ultraviolet (UV) exposure, increasing age, immunosuppression, exposure to arsenic (historically), and infection with certain types of Human papillomavirus in specific anatomical locations.

