It is often important to diagnose the disease at an early stage. One of such diseases is melanoma, or skin cancer (less often retina, mucous). More than 70% of cases in melanoma is reborn, at first glance, harmless mole. This is one of the most aggressive malignant tumors, quickly progresses, sprouting into internal organs, vessels. However, Melanoma is very good to treat if found at an early stage.
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Mountain or Melanoma?
With age, the number of malfunctions in the work of the body increases, the number of such cardiovascular and oncological diseases is growing. And if the work of the heart somehow still follows, then oncological diseases are often found quite by chance, since at first the disease proceeds asymptomatic.
One of such diseases is melanoma, or skin cancer (less often retina, mucous). More than 70% of cases in melanoma is reborn, at first glance, harmless mole. This is one of the most aggressive malignant tumors, quickly progresses, sprouting into internal organs, vessels. However, Melanoma is very good to treat if found at an early stage.
What should pay attention to?
It is important to identify melanoma as early as possible. Regularly examine all the available moles. Pay attention to whether they are over the surface of the skin, is the color, size, form. To those moles that are constantly injured by clothing, it is advisable to pay high attention. The risk group also includes those whose relatives were sick melanoma.
Safe moles have a color from yellow-brown to black and color, they are flat or somewhat towers above the skin surface, rounded or oval shape. Basically, Moles appear on the body in the first years of life, or a person is already born with them.
If, the mole is different from other shape, color, sizes, then experts talk about dysplastic nevists. Having found a similar molefoon, it is necessary to consult with an oncologist, on the subject of preventive removal of the mole.
Rules for the prevention of skin tumor diseases
- Protect the skin from ultraviolet rays from 10 am and until 16 o'clock in the afternoon. Cover moles' clothes or applied cream with a high degree of protection. Processing the skin is necessary every 2 hours.
- refuse to visit solarium or limit the time of stay
- Regular visit to the dermatologist
- Monthly self-examination.
It must be remembered that any mole may cause melanoma development!
Examination and treatment
In case the doctor suspected the patient for melanoma, then a biopsy of a suspicious skin section is carried out.
It must be remembered that some melanomas spread very quickly, large tumor nodes in lymph nodes, lungs, brain, gastrointestinal tract or liver can be formed, while the primary focus (tumor on the skin) remains small in size. Therefore, when detecting melanoma, it is necessary to examine the above authorities.
The volume of the operation depends on the stage of the disease, which is determined by the doctor during primary examination. Perhaps a combination of a surgical method with chemotherapy or immunotherapy.
The main thing is to remember that early diagnosis and timely removal of melanoma skin are the main components of the successful struggle for the cure of the patient. In the I stage of the disease, the probability of cure is close to 100%.
Contacts:
Comprehensive clinic on m. Vladykino
Address: Moscow, ul. Botanical, D. 41, korp. 7 (left wing hotel building «Altai»).
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