Girl warns others that cutting her nails could also have caused most cancers

L.A.-A woman is shocked to discover that she has advanced cancer under her fingernail. Even more surprising, her doctor believes

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It became Thanksgiving 2021 and mother of 3 Grace Garcia had no idea that a last minute nail trim was going to change her life for her.

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"It became a new salon. Now I didn't want to visit my original area because they were reserved. The technology became competitive with my cuticle

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Her right ring finger was not fully healing and within 3 months she knew something was wrong. Her doctor sent her to a dermatologist

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Garcia then went to the UCLA gym with peer specialist Dr. Soleymani, who she says may have kept her life from him as well

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According to the Skin Cancer Foundation and the American Academy of Dermatology, up to 85% of squamous cell carcinomas of the palms

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They are capable of spreading for the duration of the body if left untreated and there are an estimated 80,000 cases worldwide.

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"We'll hardly ever see a high-threat squamous cell carcinoma stemming from this, but I've had half a dozen with this phenomenon," he said.

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