Skin cancer, is it worse behind the sore?!


Question: Skin cancer, is it worse behind the sore!?
When you have a skin sore, and say it is cancerous, is it whats behind the sore, or the part you can't see thats worse, or is it only the sore thats cancerous!?
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Although more skin cancers are seen than malignancies involving any other organ, this is least commonly a cause of cancer death!. Inasmuch as the lesion can be seen with the naked eye in an early stage, the potential for cure is well over 90%!. It is thought that the single most important factor in the cause of skin cancer is chronic exposure to ultraviolet light of the sunburn wavelength (UV-B)!. Individuals who are intensely pigmented are quite well protected from these rays!. Fair-complexioned individuals and albinos should especially use sunscreen preparations!. All should avoid unnecessary exposure to x-rays, coal tar products, and arsenic preparations known to be carcinogens!.

Seventy-five percent of all skin cancers are of the basal cell carcinoma type!. These rarely metastasize, but are locally invasive!. The cancer typically begins as a noninflamed, smooth, waxy nodule!. Usually a number of small blood vessels are visible near the surface!. These nodules often ulcerate and form a crust!. Biopsy and excision will confirm the diagnosis; as well as treat the lesion!. Simple excision gives the best cosmetic results!. Liquid nitrogen may be used for local freezing, called cryosurgery!. In combination with curettage or electrocautery, a cure rate of more than 95% may be expected!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It depends!. Usually, the sore itself is part of the cancer but that doesn't mean that the cancer only extends as far as the sore!. Certain skin cancers, like melanoma, can spread systemically so the cancer can be other places besides what you see!. Most other forms of skin cancer tend to stay in one area!. The cancerous tissue may extend a little farther than just the surface where the sore is so your doctor will probably removal a little extra tissue to make sure he has definitely gotten it all!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Which type of skin cancer are you talking about!? That would make a difference !. !. as there are some types that are easily treated just by removing them !. !. and than there is melanoma which is an aggressive and lethal type of skin cancer!. When melanoma becomes metastatic it means that the malignant cancer cells have entered the blood stream or lymph system and the cancer has the ability to spread all through the body!. So !. !. your answer is that if this is melanoma !. !. stage IV that the malignant skin cancer cells can be in the lungs, brain, liver or any other organ within the body !. !.it is no longer limited to just being on the skin!. All metastatic disease can do this !. !. travel to distant locations in the body and start up a cancer in a new location !. !. anywhere!.

If this is about you !. !. than !. !. you must first determine what type of skin cancer this is !. !. and than you need to find out what grade (how abnormal the cells look under a microscope) and than the stage of the disease (four stages !. !. with one and two being the easiest to treat and three and four becoming more difficult)!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

hi, i have had skin cancer and melanoma, i had nothing that was sore!. it all depends on how quick you detect it!. they operate to fine out which one it is and how deep it has gone!. if it is merlignant a second op is need to see if it can all be cut out!. what you see is nothing to what is going on inside!. you must not mess about get checked straight away, i hope i have been of some help, it is not a nice thing to have or to go through!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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there is moe surgery for the first two!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.they remove it and check the borders to see if there is more!.if yes, they go again!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.the last one!.!.!.big time serious!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.you can die!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.if you have any!.!.go to the Doc!.they can all migrate!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I'd get that checked out to be sure!. ASAP!

Good luck!. Hope it's not babe!. xWww@Answer-Health@Com





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