Treatment: BCCs tend to be multiple. Routine skin examinations and prompt removal of basal cell skin cancers help decrease the size of scarring and disfigurement resulting from surgery. All patients need to be educated at an early age on avoiding excessive sun exposure, tanning, and unnecessary radiation exposure from medical testing, because all of these increase the likelihood of BCC development. Many ongoing research protocols are looking at oral agents to decrease the abnormal hedgehog signaling pathway; such studies may lead to medical options for these patients in the future. Jaw cysts are best removed surgically to relieve pain and discomfort. Medulloblastoma is a serious, life-threatening tumor most commonly seen in early childhood, before the age of 4 years. Surgical and chemotherapeutic options exist.
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