Today’s topic is Bowen’s disease. This is a kind of skin cancer that affects the upper layer (epidermis) of your skin. Men seem to get it more often than women. Bowen’s disease causes reddish, sometimes brown, patches on sun-damaged skin, most often on your legs. You may also see the patches on your head, neck, palms of your hands, and soles of your feet. Sometimes they develop around the genitals. It can be mistaken for harmless disorders like psoriasis, rashes or eczema, as well as life-threatening ones, including melanoma. Your doctor usually has to take a sample of your skin for testing (biopsy) to confirm it.

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