More and more people are getting skin cancer, now also Dieuwertje Blok: ‘It occurs all over the body’ | Healthy

7 statementsDieuwertje Blok announced on Friday that she had skin cancer on her nose, which therefore had to be amputated. This is the so-called squamous cell carcinoma. Hospitals and the KWF have recently noticed more interest in this carcinoma. That is why we submit 7 statements about skin cancer to dermatologist and researcher Marlies Wakkee of the Erasmus MC Cancer Institute and to Gemma van den Boog, KWF spokesperson. “Pay attention to moles that appear after the age of 40.”