Malignant Melanoma
Posted on | July 7, 2010 | Comments Off
Malignant Melanoma, the most dangerous Skin Cancer
Melanoma is the less and the most serious of skin cancers. Melanoma caused death of 75% of all skin cancer cases and rising, yet, every year people who diagnosed with melanoma increased each year, in just United States there are 60,000. Melanoma tumor usually find in the melanocytes, which produces pigment, or melanin.
Malignant Melanoma Prognosis
Melanoma skin cancer is more common in Caucasian populations living in sunny climates than in other groups, or in those who use tanning salons. According to a WHO report about 48,000 melanoma related deaths occur worldwide per year. Melanoma can also found in the anal/rectal region, in the linings of the mouth and vagina, and in the eye. Some are even found in the gut and central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).
Any of these areas can develop melanoma, but much less commonly than the skin. It is quite common, however, for a melanoma starting in the skin to spread (”metastasize”) to the aforientioned areas. The area where a cancer first starts is called the “primary site”, as distinguished from later areas of spread. The “primary site” is usually apparent for most cancers, but not uncommonly it remains “occult” in melanoma– the first sign of disease being distant metastasis. Thus, it is common to first detect metastatic melanoma in the lung, bone or brain, although its occult primary site was probably the skin.
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Posted on | June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
Second Most Common Skin Cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) skin cancer develops from keratinocytes, flat, scale like skin cells that lie under the top layer of the
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epidermis. The majority of squamous cell carcinomas occur on sun exposed areas, especially the forehead, temple, ears, neck, and back of the hands. People who have spent considerable time sunbathing may develop them on their lower legs.
Squamous cell carcinoma skin cancer occurs in many different organs, such as mouth, prostate, lung, lips, tongue. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) also called Bowens’ disease, this skin cancer also able to spread away through blood vessels. This skin cancer can break away, leak, or spill from a primary tumor, enter lymphatic and blood vessels, circulate through the bloodstream, and settle down to grow new skin cancer within normal tissues elsewhere in the body, or called Metastasis. Metastasis is one of three hallmarks of malignancy (contrast benign tumors).
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Squamous Cell
Posted on | June 24, 2010 | Comments Off
The Skin Part That Attacked by Squamous Cell Carcinoma
squamous cell cancer
Squamous cell is the part of the skin that become the place one of skin cancer types and the second most common form of non-melanoma cancer that is squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Squamous cell epithelium consists of very thin and flattened hexagonal cells which closely fitted like tiles of a floor. The nucleus is oval and lies in the center of the cell. This epithelium is found on the superficial layer of the skin, in the lining of the body cavity, blood vessels, walls of Bowman’s capsule. Cancer that occurs in this cell part aside of squamous cell carcinoma are basal cell carcinoma and other adnexal tumors.
Squamous cell carcinoma will not causing more problems if it diagnosed and treated early. However, if this skin cancer left untreated, squamous cell carcinoma can grow large or spread to other parts of your body, causing serious complications.
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Melanoma
Posted on | June 23, 2010 | 1 Comment
Melanoma is a Rarer Skin Cancer, but the Most Lethal
Melanoma is the less and the most serious of skin cancers. It is the main cause of skin cancer related death and has caused 75% death of all skin cancer cases and it still rising every year. In United States there are 60,000 people who diagnosed with melanoma each year.
Malignant Melanoma
Melanoma skin cancer is more common in Caucasian populations living in sunny climates than in other groups, or in those who use tanning salons. According to a WHO report about 48,000 melanoma related deaths occur worldwide per year. Melanoma can also found in the anal/rectal region, in the linings of the mouth and vagina, and in the eye. Some are even found in the gut and central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).
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