Skin Cancer
Cancer November 26th, 2010
Skin Cancer is a disease characterized by the growth of skin cells that are not controlled, can damage surrounding tissue and can spread to other parts of the body. There are three types of skin cancer which generally is often suffered by humans, such as basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and malignant melanoma (MM).
Malignant Skin Cancer
TYPES OF SKIN CANCER
# Malaria (BCC)
Is a type of skin cancer is most common. This type of cancer do not experience the spread (metastasis) goto the other body, but cancer cells can grow and cause damage to surrounding skin tissue. The bright color and are often exposed to the sun heating the two suspected as the cause of Malaria. Other factors that also may be the cause of this cancer type is a weak immune system (both the impact of other diseases or treatment), burns, X-ray beam.
1. Signs and Symptoms
The body of a basal cell cancer is usually the face, neck and scalp. The signs of this type of cancer is a lump a little shiny, reddish-colored with a rising edge slightly blackish, abnormalities such as scarring and blisters / Lika that does not heal.
2. Types of Cancer Diagnosis
Single method to ensure that basal cell cancer doctor will perform a clinical and histopathologic examination by taking a sample of skin that is considered as the cancerous tissue (biopsy) to be studied under a microscope.
3. Therapy and Medication
If the diagnosis has been established clearly that patients with skin cancer basal cell type, the action taken is usually surgery or removal of skin tissue (cancer) is complete, or they can be with radiation action. Other methods are also often done is frozen surgery, surgical power, lasers, photodynamic well with medication either topical or injected (chemotherapy).
# Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
Is a type of skin cancer affects more men, especially the elderly (the elderly). This is a type of skin cancer where the malignancy occurs epidermal keratinocytes cells, is the second commonest skin cancer. SCC of skin cancer can spread goto the other body, generally suffered by those in the tropical region.
Like BCC disease, this type of skin cancer are also suspected due to sunlight (dominant), a weak immune body, viruses, chemicals and scar tissue can also cause this disease. The signs and symptoms is to have abnormalities such as lumps, bumps or sores that do not heal. Diagnosis is established by the same method at the BCC, as well as therapy and treatment measures tend to be similar to basal cell cancer.
# Malignant melanoma (MM)
This is a type of skin cancer’s most malignant and potentially lethal. In America, the data obtained for six of these seven patients died of cancer. And the number of people infected increasing from year to year. Malignant melanoma can develop from moles arise existing or newly emerging.
1. Signs and Symptoms
This information is very important for the They who have a mole that then either change the color, size and shape, moles itch and sometimes bleed when scratched. These cancer cells grow from melanocytes, the skin cells that function to produce melanin pigment.
Cancer is characterized by ABCD, A = asymmetric, irregular shapes. B = Border or uneven edges as well. C = Color or colors that vary from one area to another. Can be brownish to black. Even in certain cases found in white, red and blue. D = diameter greater than 6 mm.
2. Diagnosis of malignant melanoma
Enforcement of diagnosis in cases of this type of skin cancer as well as two types of skin cancer above (BCC and SCC), which is doing the action biopsy for examination under a microscope.
3. Therapy and Medication
Malignant melanoma is a type of skin cancer is the most malignant, can spread assigned to other bodies such as the lymph glands. Action taken on this type of cancer is a complete removal of cancerous tissue by surgery, has been known to occur when the spread is required further operations to remove tissue in the vicinity. If cancer cells are found spread to the lymph glands, then inevitably the glans was also appointed.
