Melanoma

The prognosis for stage four Melanoma is about one month to live. The average five year survival rate is about 15-20%. While the 10 year survival rate is about 10-15%. There are 3 treatment options for melanoma, chemotherapy, radiation, interleukin 2. These three treatment options come with multiple side effects. Side effects of chemotherapy are are fatigue, hair loss, easy bruising and bleeding, infection, anemia, vomiting, nausea, constipation, and diarrhea, etc. The main side effects of…

Melanoma skin cancer begins in melanocytes, and can occur on any skin surface. People with dark shades of skin have a very rare chance of getting getting melanoma. Basal cell skin cancer begins in the basal cell layer of the skin and it occurs where skin is exposed to the sunlight. This is the most common type of cancer for those…

Stage 4 melanoma is very hard to cure. According to the American Cancer Society a five-year rate is 15 to 20 percent and ten-year survival rate is 10 to 15. Some treatments for Melanoma include chemotherapy, radiation, and interleukin-2. There are some side effects, for chemotherapy the side effects are that the cancer cells can divide faster than normal cells. The chemotherapy drugs get those cells effectively. Unfortunately, the chemo-drugs also kill the normal cells. (Pietrangelo, 2017).…

Cancer? Skin cancer is a form of cancer that develops within the tissues of the skin. Skin cancer is divided up into two main parts, nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancer. Malignant melanoma is the most deadliest and nonmelanoma is the most common skin cancer. There are several different types of skin cancer. The three most common types are melanoma,basal cell carcinoma, and squamous…

cancer Skin cancer is one of the most general types of cancer among Canadians. Melanoma is one of the most dangerous types of skin cancer that have increased a lot in Canada over the past 25 years. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, in 2014 annual cancer statistics report that 6,500 suffer from melanoma (1,050 deaths) and 76,100 cases of non-melanoma (440 deaths) skin cancers expected. Definitely the rate of melanoma among Canadian women is 13.0 per 100,000 and has increased by 1.5%…

carcinoma, Basal cell cancer, and Melanoma, the deadliest form of cancer. It’s evident that ultraviolet (UV) rays are a major cause of melanoma. The UV rays damage the DNA in skin cells and sometimes this damage can affect certain genes, which control how skin cells grow and divide. If these genes become affected, they’re no longer able to function properly due to the damage caused by the radiation and may become cancerous as the genes are unable to repair the damage. Melanomas develop in the…

guanosine monophosphate and prevents an erection) is linked to an increased risk of melanoma cell growth. Aim: The aim of the study conducted was to analyse how components of cGMP (cyclic guanosine monophosphate causes a signalling pathway in which it activates a protein that attaches it self to a hormone receptor and brings about a change in the body) are created and its functional role in mice and human melanoma cells. Research question: The research question that was composed for the study…

many types of skin cancer, including the deadliest form, the dreaded melanoma. Skin cancer is the most prominent form of cancer in the United States. In fact, skin cancer is common enough for experts to divide it into two types, melanoma and non-melanoma. Both branches can be caused by artificial tanning and overexposure to the sun. Sara Tavernise reports in a New York Times article, Warning: That Tan Could…

color ink the patient used in their tattoo, patients acquired symptoms resembling melanoma within their lymph nodes. Through trauma or the type ink color, the ink particles travel through the lymphatic system and settle in the lymph nodes. The white blood cells…

Melanoma One in five Americans acquire skin cancer throughout their lifetime (Marieb and Hoehn, pg.164). Although there are variations of skin cancer, melanoma is a very serious diagnosis. In order to understand how melanoma greatly affects the skin, one must comprehend the basic structure of the integumentary system. The skin is made up of three layers the epidermis, dermis, and the hypodermis. The epidermis contains epithelial tissue while the dermis is composed of connective tissue. The…