Melanoma cancer is the leading cause of death from skin diseases. is considered the most dangerous skin cancer and also the rarest. what? causes it? The information page of the National Library of Medicine of the United States: medlineplus.gov, indicates that it is caused by changes or mutations in cells called melanocytes, the cells that produce a pigment in the skin called melanin, responsible for skin and hair color.
“Melanoma can appear on normal skin. Sometimes it can develop into a mole. Birth moles can develop into melanoma. Larger moles present at birth are at greater risk of becoming melanoma”, the publication points out.
Main symptoms< br />A mole, sore, ulcer, or growth on the skin may be a sign of melanoma or another type of skin cancer. An ulcer or growth that bleeds or changes color can also be a sign of skin cancer.
Treatment
“Surgery is almost always necessary to treat melanoma. It will be removed. the skin cancer and some of the surrounding tissue. The amount of tissue removed will depend on the of what how deep the melanoma has grown,” reports medlineplus.gov.
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Treatment, then, consists of shrinking the skin cancer and treating cancer in other parts of the body, Therefore, the patient could receive chemotherapy treatment, immunotherapy, radiation treatments, surgery and topical medications that improve the immune system in localized areas.
Risks .
You have a chance of getting melanoma cancer:
• If you have fair skin, blue or green eyes, or blonde or red hair
• If you live in sunny climates or at high altitudes
• If you spend a lot of time in high levels of intense sunlight, due to work or other activities
• If you have had one or more blistering sunburns during childhood
• If you use tanning devices, such as tanning beds