‘Skin Cancer’

Description of Skin Cancer Types (Part 2)

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

skin cancerOther less common types:

Kaposi’s sarcoma: originates in the dermis but can also occur in internal organs.

Kaposi’s sarcoma in two forms:
The one that usually develops in people infected with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and children and young people of equatorial Africa. This form grows very fast and usually affects the internal organs.

Before the onset of the disease, tended to present only the elderly of European origin Mediterranean. In these people grows very slowly on the skin and rarely spreads.

In the first the characteristic appearance is a sin pink, red or purple, round or oval shape, anywhere in the body but more often in the face.

In the latter usually appears as a purplish stain or dark brown on the legs or toes. Tends to increase its depth, causing a bleeding ulcer. You can also spread up the leg.

Cutaneous lymphoma, occurs when skin cells (cells of the immune system or defense) become malignant. The dermis contains a considerable number of lymphocytes. The most common of these is the cutaneous T-cell lymphoma or mycosis fungoides.

It develops over many years, very slowly. In the initial stages, you may notice itchy skin and dark areas and provide dry. When the disease has developed is called mycosis fungoides.

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Description of Skin Cancer Types (Part 1)

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

type of skin cancerNonmelanoma Skin Cancer

Squamous cell carcinoma (or squamous cell carcinoma) develops in the middle layers of the epidermis and accounts for 20% of all cases of skin cancer.

Usually occurs in areas that have been exposed to the sun, like the top of the nose, ears, forehead, upper lip and backs of hands.

You can also occur in areas of skin that have been in contact with chemicals that have undergone radiotherapy, or have been burned. In the genital area, appears less frequently.

Usually occurs usually a red bump and drive. Sometimes it may look, scaly, or bleed and develop a scab that never heals. As you have enlarged nodular and sometimes presents a warty surface. In the end, it becomes an open sore and growing into the underlying tissue.

Through the lymph system can extend to any body part, but this happens rarely. It is a tumor with a tendency to grow and be on the same site, once removed. But it tends to spread.

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of nonmelanoma skin cancer. About 75% of all skin cancers are basal cell carcinomas.

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Skin Cancer Introduction

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

skin cancerWhat is it?

Skin cancer is a disease caused by the development of cancerous cells in any of the layers of the skin.

There are two types: non-melanoma and melanoma.

The non-melanoma cancer is the most common and is called nonmelanoma because they formed from other skin cells are not accumulating pigment (melanocytes). Within this type are all skin cancers less malignant melanoma is less common and more malignant and explained below.

Skin cancer is most prevalent among white skinned people who have spent much time exposed to sunlight, especially when sun exposure occurred in childhood and there were numerous sunburn. Although it may appear anywhere on the skin, is more common than is presented on the face, neck, hands and arms.

This cancer is one of the most common of all cancers, and diagnosed an estimated two million new cases per year worldwide.

In recent years, the incidence of malignant melanoma has increased dramatically, has multiplied by 3.3 in males and 2.5 in women over the last twenty years in Spain. Despite this, less than 3% of all tumors and early detection campaigns have allowed the mortality is reduced by 30% since the seventies.

You can recognize a change in the appearance of the skin, like a wound that does not heal or a small bump. You may also see a red, rough or scaly skin with a tendency to grow.

Any changes or abnormality of the skin, one must see the doctor. It can extract and analyze a sample (biopsy) to check whether a tumor is malignant or not.

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Skin Cancer In Young

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

skin cancerSpecialists of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) warned about increased skin or skin cancer at even younger due to lifestyles and fashion for a tan.

The most common cause of skin cancer is sunlight, but there are also environmental factors like pollution, not forgetting the genetic predisposition.

They indicated that this condition usually affected farmers, or people whose type of work spent time under the sun, now the problem is more widespread, changes in behavior (people going to the beach to swim but not tanning) . (more…)

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