There Is No Cure, Melanoma Skin Cancer Symptoms To Beware Of, Anything? Part 2

Diagnosis Of Skin Cancer. To perform a diagnosis of skin cancer accurately, the doctor will apply the following measures against patients:

• physical examination of the skin. The doctor will examine the form of skin disorder mainly changes happening in his physical appearance. With this examination, the doctor will determine if changes caused by cancer or other diseases.
• Perform a skin biopsy. Examination of tissue samples taken through skin biopsy in the laboratory.

After the diagnosis is made, the doctor will determine the severity of skin cancer suffered by virtue of stadium as follows:

• Stadium 0, indicating that the cancer network was still in the place where it first appeared and has not spread (in situ).
• Stadium 1, indicating that the cancerous tissue is still small and has not spread.
• Stadium 2, indicating that the cancer network has already grown, but have not spread.
• Stadium 3, indicating that cancer has already grown up and already spread to surrounding tissues or to nearby lymph nodes.
• Stage 4, cancer has already spread to other parts of the body or have already undergone metastasis.

Determination of skin cancer stage is carried out in order to determine the appropriate treatment. On the basal cell carcinoma, cancer cells usually do not spread so that the skin biopsy can determine the type and stage of cancer. But on the type of skin cancer, including squamous cell carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, or melanoma, doctors will conduct a follow-up inspection in order to get more accurate results. One of the advanced examinations is usually done is a biopsy of the lymph nodes in the area of cancer.

Skin Cancer Treatment
The handling is done depends on the type and stage of cancer of the skin. The main skin cancer treatment is surgery to remove the cancer cells, mainly on the type of melanoma.
On the type of melanoma skin cancer, treatment is tailored to the stage of cancer. An overview of treatment for each stage of cancer is as follows:

• Melanoma stages 1 and 2 can be treated with surgery to remove the cancerous tissue and healthy skin around the network. This surgery is the surgical excision. If surgical excision process is expected to leave vast scars, this procedure can be combined with skin grafting (skin grafting). Surgical excision has pretty good success in cancer patients melanoma stages 1 and 2, i.e. approximately 80-90 percent. After surgery, the patient will be monitored intensively condition by health workers.
• stage 3 Melanoma can be treated with surgical excision on the cancerous tissue. To keep cancer did not spread to other organs of the body, can do a biopsy the lymph nodes. If the results of a biopsy of the lymph nodes showed cancer had already spread to the Glans, then can do the surgical removal of lymph nodes to prevent further spread of cancer.
• stage 4 Melanoma occurs when cancerous tissue has already spread to other organs (metastasis). The goal of cancer treatment is no longer a 4 stage to kill cancer cells, but to extend the patient's life expectancy, slowing the growth of cancer, as well as reduce the symptoms that arise. Treatment with, among others through radiotherapy or immunotherapy.

On a non-melanoma skin cancer, the handling can be done through the following methods:

• Surgical excision combined with skin grafts. The goal is to remove the cancer cells and prevent from being spread.
• MicroGraphics Mohs Surgery (Mohs micrographic surgery/MMS). This method is used if the cancer cells are feared already spread or occur on the skin which is very important, as in the eyes or nose. In surgical MMS, the edge of the cancerous tissue is examined microscopically to make sure all the cancer cells have already wasted entirely. If the cancerous tissue is still there, the dissection is carried out again.
• Curettage. This treatment method is applied to non-melanoma cancers that are very small. Here the doctor will do a movement... cancer network to the remaining healthy tissue, then do the burning (cauterizes). Procedure curettage method can be done several times to make sure there are no remaining cancer cells.
• Cryotherapy. Method of treatment of this cancer is done with the use of cold temperatures to turn off the cancer cells at the early stage. In cryotherapy, patients will be given a liquid nitrogen to freeze cancerous tissue that causes the formation of Goreng in the area. After a few weeks, sores containing cancer network will then be apart by itself.
• anticancer Creams. Anticancer creams are used for the treatment of cancerous tissue that is only found in the top layer of skin, such as basal cell cancer or disease Bowen. There are two types of anti-cancer cream are:
• chemotherapy Cream
• immune system stimulant Cream
• rotodynamic Therapy. This therapy is used to treat basal cell cancer, disease, Bowen, and keratoses. This therapy uses specific creams to make skin cancer is becoming more sensitive to light. After the cream is used, the skin is irradiated with light-intensity to kill cancer cells.
• radiotherapy. Namely treatment through radiation. This therapy is performed if surgery cannot be done or cancer had already spread widely.
• Elektrokemoterapi. This is a great method of chemotherapy is more complex but more effective. Elektrokemoterapi applied if the methods of surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy did not work effectively in removing cancer. Elektrokemoterapi is done by way of giving chemotherapy to patients are intravenous, followed by administering an electric shock the flow using the electrodes into the cancerous tissue. The flow of electricity will make it easier for chemotherapy drugs to enter into the cancer cells so that the cancer cells become more easily marred. This method is usually implemented by using the total anesthesia for the patient, although in some cases, the patient is given a local anesthetic. The elektrokemoterapi procedure usually lasts for a few hours and the results can be seen within six weeks.

Prevention Of Skin Cancer
The following are some of the ways that can be done to prevent the occurrence of skin cancer:

• Avoid sunlight at noon. This step can be done by setting up a schedule of activities outdoors during the day. The accumulation of UV light on the skin in a long period of time can damage the skin and cause cancer. By avoiding sunlight on the time of day, the accumulation of UV rays can be reduced.
• Use a sunscreen regularly. Sunscreen or sunblock isn't able to absorb all types of harmful UV radiation but can reduce the bad effects and damage to the skin caused by sunlight.
• Use clothing that can protect from sunlight. Because sunscreen can't absorb UV radiation, using clothing that covers the body, including the arms and legs, can provide additional protection against the adverse effects of sunlight. In addition, a hat and sunglasses can provide more protection for the head and eyes from the Sun's radiation, especially UVA and UVB rays.
• avoid using a tanning bed. Tanning bed used to darken the color of the skin radiates UV radiation that can be harmful to the skin.
• be careful in the use of drugs with side effects against the skin. Several types of drugs such as antibiotics increase skin sensitivity to light. If taking a drug with side effects, should reduce outdoor activities especially in the middle of the day.
• checked routinely and skin consults skin changes that felt unnatural to the doctor.

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