Treatment and Characteristics of types of Skin Cancer

Running head: TREATMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TYPES OF SKIN CANCER
Treatment and Characteristics of types of Skin Cancer
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1TREATMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TYPES OF SKIN CANCER
Table of Contents
Malignant Melanoma.................................................................................................................2
Characteristics........................................................................................................................2
Treatment...........................................................................................................................2
Basal Cell Carcinoma.................................................................................................................3
Characteristics........................................................................................................................3
Treatment...............................................................................................................................3
Squamous Cell Carcinoma.........................................................................................................4
Characteristics........................................................................................................................4
Treatment...............................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................6

2TREATMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TYPES OF SKIN CANCER
Malignant Melanoma
Characteristics
Melanoma, or most commonly coined as Malignant Melanoma, is a type of skin
cancer that develops from melanocytes, a pigmented cell. Melanoma is caused primarily due
to over exposure of lightly pigmented skin to the Ultra-Violet Rays (UV Rays). It has been
reported that each year 1 million of the entire population are diagnosed with various types of
skin cancer including Malignant Melanoma (Bibbins-Domingo et al., 2016). However,
genetics are also considered as one of the reasons of melanoma. It is considered the most
hazardous amongst the types of skin cancers. The characteristics of Malignant Melanoma are
commonly summarized as ‘ABCDE’ in medical terms (Rogers et al., 2015). This could be
described as follows:
 Asymmetrical laceration in the skin
 Borders of the skin become irregular
 Color variations in different areas of the skin
 Diameter of the skin becomes about the size of 0.24 inches (6m)
 Evolving of skin develops over time
Treatment
Skin biopsy is the procedure to detect Malignant Melanoma. After the detection,
wider excisions are done on the tumor or scar followed by a sentinel lymph node biopsy
depending on the stage of cancer. The further stages of the treatment are described as below:
Surgery – The excisions done to remove the cancerous parts may further need
surgery to eradicate the risk of any sort of reoccurrence.