Skin cancer

Adult skin cancer tends to increase in number especially in America, Australia and the UK. Based on several studies, they were white people who suffer more of this type of skin cancer. It is predicted as a result of their often affected (more exposure) sunlight. In Indonesia countless sufferers of skin cancer is less common than the 3 countries, however, skin cancer needs to be understood that in addition to causing disability (ruin the appearance) is also at an advanced stage can be fatal for 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, including a basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and malignant melanoma (MM).

Skin cancer

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)

Is a type of skin cancer is most common. This type of cancer has not spread (metastasize) gets another body, but cancer cells can grow and cause damage to surrounding skin tissue. The bright colors and are often exposed to the sun heating the two suspected as the cause of basal cell carcinoma. Other factors can also cause this type of cancer is the body's immune system is weak (good impact other disease or treatment), burns, X-ray beam.

1. Signs and Symptoms
Parts of the body basal cell cancer is usually the face, neck and scalp. The signs of this type of cancer is a bit shiny bump, pink with rose-colored edge slightly blackish, abnormalities such as scarring and abrasions / lika that does not heal.

2. Types of cancer diagnosis
Single method to ensure basal cell cancer that doctors will perform clinical and Histopathologic examination by taking a sample of skin is considered as a cancer tissue (biopsy) for examination under a microscope.

3. Therapy and Treatment
If the diagnosis has been established clearly that people develop skin cancers basal cell type, the action taken is usually surgery or removal of skin tissue (cancer) is complete, or can be with radiation action. Other methods are also often done is frozen surgery, surgical electricity, lasers, fotodinamik and with both drugs are applied or injected (chemotherapy).

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)

Is a type of skin cancer that affects men more especially the elderly (seniors). This is the type of skin cancer where malignant cells occurs epidermal keratinocytes, a skin cancer to the two posters. SCC of skin cancer can spread to other body gets, generally suffered by those who are tropical region.

Like BCC disease, this type of skin cancer is also suspected by the sun (dominant), Immune weak body, viruses, chemicals and scar tissue can also cause this penyekit. The signs and symptoms is a disorder in the form of lumps, bumps or wounds that does not heal. Diagnosis is established by the same method in the BCC, as well as therapy and treatment measures tend to be similar to the basal cell cancer.

Malignant melanoma (MM)

This is the type of skin cancer is the most vicious and potentially lethal. In the U.S., the data obtained six of the seven patients died of this cancer. And the number of people affected increased from year to year. Can develop malignant melanoma mole arises from an existing or newly emerging.

1. Signs and Symptoms
This information is very important for meraka who have a mole that then either change the color, size and shape, sometimes flies Tahi itch and bleed when scratched. These cancer cells grow from melanocytes, the skin cells that function to produce melanin pigments.

Cancer is characterized by ABCD, A = asymmetric, irregular shapes. B = Border or uneven edges, too. C = Color or color that varies from one area to another. Could brown to black. Even in certain cases found in white, red and blue. D = diameter greater than 6 mm.

2. Diagnosis of malignant melanoma
Enforcement of disease diagnosis in cases of this type of skin cancer as well as the two types of skin cancer on the (BCC and SCC), which is doing the action biopsy for examination under a microscope.

3. Therapy and Treatment
Malignant melanoma is a type of skin cancer, the most malignant, can spread into other body gets as lymph glands. Action taken on this type of cancer is complete removal of cancerous tissue by surgery, has been known to occur when the spread is required further surgery to remove surrounding tissue. If the cancer cells was found to spread to lymph glands, the glans inevitably also appointed.