Saturday, January 28, 2012

How to treat skin cancer Malignant Melanoma

Skin cancer these days tend to have increased in number especially in the Americas, Australia and Britain. Based on several studies, they were white men are more likely to suffer this type of skin cancer. It is predicted as a result of their frequent exposure (lots of exposure) sunlight. In Indonesia people with skin cancer is fairly small compared to the 3rd country, however, skin cancer needs to be understood because in addition to causing disability (ruin the appearance), at an advanced stage can be fatal to patients.

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 that often affects most people, such as basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and malignant melanoma (MM).

skin cancer Malignant Melanoma

Malignant Melanoma is a type of skin cancer the most malignant, can be spread assigned to other bodies such as lymph glands. Action taken on this type of cancer is complete removal of cancerous tissue by surgery, if it has been known to occur deployment is required further surgery to remove surrounding tissue. If cancer cells are found to spread to lymph glands, then inevitably glans also be removed.