Malignant Melanoma

Definition Malignant melanoma is a cancer caused by melanocytes in the skin. Melanocytes are cells that produce pigmentary melanin on the skin. Malignant melanoma may cause melanocytes to no longer respond to the normal regulatory mechanism of cell proliferation, locally invade or spread (metastasize) locally to other organs in the body (invasion) or re-infiltrate there, impairing organ function . Melanocytes derived from the neural crest are distributed in the epidermis, so they are distributed throughout the skin.

I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma around my teens. This is the rare and most deadly skin cancer. The disease is usually easy to detect and is highly treatable in the early stages. However, if left unchecked, the tumor gradually spreads, sometimes in only 6 weeks the cancer will not heal. "Let's do a simple biopsy, I will let you know if there are any problems," my dermatologist said. Biopsy is terrible for teenagers, but my anxiety has completely disappeared when I returned home. The doctor said that if there was a problem he tried to reach out and did not reach out.

Melanoma (also called malignant melanoma) is the most serious type of skin cancer. It affects young people and the elderly. It may be caused by exposure to sunlight, but even people who are occasionally not exposed to sunlight will develop melanoma. Treatment is mainly surgical treatment: removal of melanoma. Unfortunately, other treatments for other cancers such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy are not effective against melanoma. Several new treatments such as monoclonal antibodies have been shown to be promising, but as it spreads it is now difficult to treat melanoma.

Malignant melanoma accounts for about 5% of all skin cancers, but it is the most serious type. It is a cancer of melanocytes, and cells of the epidermis produce melanin. In the early stages, melanoma resembles sputum. Soon, they look like brown to black spots. In addition to invasion into surrounding tissues, cancer can spread actively in other parts of the body, especially the lungs and liver. Excessive exposure to the sun may be the cause of melanoma, but the biggest risk factor seems to be hereditary. Early detection of melanoma is the key to survival. The main treatment for this type of skin cancer is surgical resection of the skin area of ​​the tumor or affected area. If melanoma spreads to other parts of the body it is usually considered incurable.