Melanoma

Characteristics Melanoma is an abnormal spot on the skin. Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer. It develops in the melanocytes that produce melanin. Common characteristics of melanoma include growth of or an existing mole. Causes/ Risk Factors Melanoma occurs when something goes awry in the melanin producing cells. Skin cells develop when healthy cells push older cells toward the skin’s surface where they die. But when cells develop DNA damage, new cells grow out of control and forms a mass of cancerous cells. Melanoma causes include environmental and genetic factors. Doctors believe ultraviolet radiation from the sun and faux tanning is the leading cause of melanoma. Risk factors include; fair skin, a history of sunburn/ skin…

Malignant Melanoma After doing research on the topic that I received in class I found out information on the topic that I never knew about the dangers and risk I never knew the disease was as deadly and serious as it was , I alway thought it was just that the person skin was just a little darker on the top but it does more damage underneath each layer of skin. In my paper i 'm going to be talking about the dangers and some serious facts that you should know and worn your kids about if you want…

Melanoma is a cancer that develops in the pigment cells of the skin called melanocytes. It is a type of skin cancer that can be more serious than any other forms because it has the ability to metastasize, which is the development of secondary malignant growths from the primary site of cancer, to other parts of the body and cause serious illness or even death. Melanoma most often occurs when something goes awry in the melanin-producing cells or as already mentioned, melanocytes, which give…

The prognosis of melanoma is heavily influenced by which stage of melanoma one has. There are 5 stages of melanoma going from 0-IV increasing in size and danger and some stages have multiple stages denoted by A, B, and C with C being the most dangerous melanoma of that stage.1 Ignoring stage 0 since it is not yet cancer, stage I melanoma has two parts IA and IB both of which can be treated with surgery.1 IA and IB melanoma has a 5-year survival rat of 97% and 92% respectively and a 10-year…

In the skin cancer identifying the melanoma thickness. Around the world, melanoma survival decreases with expanding melanoma thickness, from around 92% 10-year survival for melanomas 4mm thick. As per an analysis of data from 1994 to 2004, of those determined to have melanoma, the extent with thick melanoma (>3.0mm) was greater for older compared with youth people (with the extent of thick melanomas expanding with age), for guys contrasted and females, for Māori contrasted and non-Māori (in…

Melanoma Melanoma is a common disease in the skin. Melanoma is really a malignant tumor in the skin that is associated with skin cancer. Melanoma is one of the most dangerous type of skin cancer. Melanoma is a deadly disease, so you need to be treating it as soon as possible. Melanoma has preventions, different stages, treatments, death penalties, causes and risk that society needs to know. There are preventions for Melanoma it can be one of the diseases that you can prevent. The skin cancer…

Research Question The question that we will address is: In what ways and to what extent does Bartonella affect the mechanisms of melanoma growth and metastasis? Introduction and Goals Melanoma is a critical health issue, with nearly 77,000 cases and over 10,000 fatalities expected in the United States this year (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2016). Despite moderate advancements in decreasing the mortality rate and extending the life expectancy for patients with this cancer, the…

It was a day like any other. I was finishing up some paperwork on my most recent skin graph when a call came in from the front desk, my next patient was here. I had yet to physically see the patient myself, but I had already made a prediction based on what was already known: Melanoma. The most dangerous form of skin cancer. Over 200,000 documented cases around the world each year, killing roughly 2% of those effected. [1] Despite the seemingly high survival rate, Melanoma is very deadly when not…

Malignant melanoma is a form of skin cancer that forms in melanocyte cells in the basal layer of the epidermis which produce melanin that gives human their skin, hair, and eye color. Malignant melanoma grows malignant tumors due to DNA damage to the skin cells probable to UV radiation that causes mutations and sets off skin cells to multiply rapidly and form these malignant tumors. Melanomas are closely similar to moles making it difficult for a person to distinguish from a normal mole to a…

Cancer, the dreaded six letter word that will affect almost everyone at some point in their life; whether cancer is their cancer or the cancer of a loved one. What happens when the cancer the doctors said was gone comes back only a year later and this time worse than before? For Mary Williams, this just so happened to be her case. Her malignant melanoma is back and this time an unspoken terminal is present in the diagnosis. As a mother of two young girls, eight and eleven years old, Williams is…