Skin Cancer or Melanoma – Understand the Risk and Take Action
It is the most common cancer, highly aggressive, and spreads rapidly. It is highly prevalent due to excessive UV radiation from the sun caused due to ozone layer depletion.
What is Melanoma?
It is the cancer of the melanocyte cells, which give color to the skin.
It occurs in the skin that is exposed to the sun or UV, including arms, legs, and back.
It can occur in the eyes, forming a rare cancer of the skin.
What are the types of skin cancer?
- • Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) – It is a shiny, skin or pink patch.
- • Cancer of the flat squamous cells – It is the type of cancer that occurs in the mucosal layer that lines the organs.
- • Melanoma – It is the cancer of the pigment-producing cells, which give colour to the skin.
Symptoms of Skin Cancer
- • Unusual shapes and sizes of the moles
- • Unusual skin changes
- • Bleeding, itching
- • Dark streaks under the nails
- • Unusual pigment spread
- • Rough patch on the skin
- • An unhealed sore on the skin
What are the Risk factors for skin cancer?
- • UV radiation exposure
- • Use of artificial UV lights
- • Lack of melanin in the skin
- • Weakened immune system
- • Growing age
- • Unusual skin spots
- • Family history of skin cancer
What is the treatment for skin cancer?
Surgery
It removes the cancerous tissue.
Radiation Therapy
It is the radiation that is spread on the tumor to kill the cancer.
Chemotherapy
It is the use of anticancer drugs that inhibit cancer cell formation.
Targeted Therapy
It focuses on the cancer cells.
Immunotherapy
It is used to boost the immune system to fight the cancer.
Photodynamic Therapy
The light radiating drugs inhibit cancer cell growth.
What are the medicines for skin cancer?
- • Dacarbazine – Dacarzer
- • Cisplatin – Cycokast
- • Carboplatin – Carbozer
- • Temozolomide – Temzokey
- • Paclitaxel – Paclikast, Nab-paclikast
- • Docetaxel – Docekast
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