The stages of melanoma
Staging is a way to define where cancer located, where it spread and improve, also it affect other parts of the body. Doctors use diagnostic tests to know which cancer's stage, so determined the stage may not be complete until all of the tests are finished. Knowing the stage help doctor to decide what kind of cure is best and can assist to forecast patient's prognosis, which is the chance of recovery [1]. There are five stages of melanoma cancer. The First stage of Melanoma is 0 melanoma, the malignant swelling is still limited to the surface skin. This means that the cancer cells are only in the outer layer of the skin and have not improved l2l. The word for this is in …show more content…
The Third Stage of melanoma is II stage (localized tumor). Stage II melanoma is by tumor thickness and ulceration. There is a signal that shows cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or distant sites (metastasis). Moreover, The next stage of melanoma is Stage III, which defined by testing of the lymph node. In Stage III melanoma, the deepness of the melanoma does not make any difference anymore. There is no hint that cancer has spread to distant sites (metastasis)[2]. In addition, melanoma Stage Ill is separating to three other stages. The First Stage of III is IIIA, in stage IIIA cancer able to seen by naked eye, but the small cancer cells can only be seen by microscope. The Second Stage of III is IIIB, melanomas at this stage can be any size and ulcerated with cancer cells in 1-3 lymph nodes that can only be seen by a microscope. The Third Stage of III is IIIC, melanomas at this stage can be any thickness if it ulcerated either 1-3 nearby lymph nodes are enlarged cancer cells can discover in the nearby skin or lymphatic channels [3]. The last stage of melanoma is Brain Metastases, Brain metastases especially form stage IV melanoma, are one of the most common and hard-to-treat complexities of melanoma. They are different from
Staging is a way to define where cancer located, where it spread and improve, also it affect other parts of the body. Doctors use diagnostic tests to know which cancer's stage, so determined the stage may not be complete until all of the tests are finished. Knowing the stage help doctor to decide what kind of cure is best and can assist to forecast patient's prognosis, which is the chance of recovery [1]. There are five stages of melanoma cancer. The First stage of Melanoma is 0 melanoma, the malignant swelling is still limited to the surface skin. This means that the cancer cells are only in the outer layer of the skin and have not improved l2l. The word for this is in …show more content…
The Third Stage of melanoma is II stage (localized tumor). Stage II melanoma is by tumor thickness and ulceration. There is a signal that shows cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or distant sites (metastasis). Moreover, The next stage of melanoma is Stage III, which defined by testing of the lymph node. In Stage III melanoma, the deepness of the melanoma does not make any difference anymore. There is no hint that cancer has spread to distant sites (metastasis)[2]. In addition, melanoma Stage Ill is separating to three other stages. The First Stage of III is IIIA, in stage IIIA cancer able to seen by naked eye, but the small cancer cells can only be seen by microscope. The Second Stage of III is IIIB, melanomas at this stage can be any size and ulcerated with cancer cells in 1-3 lymph nodes that can only be seen by a microscope. The Third Stage of III is IIIC, melanomas at this stage can be any thickness if it ulcerated either 1-3 nearby lymph nodes are enlarged cancer cells can discover in the nearby skin or lymphatic channels [3]. The last stage of melanoma is Brain Metastases, Brain metastases especially form stage IV melanoma, are one of the most common and hard-to-treat complexities of melanoma. They are different from