Skin cancer

Skin cancer, the most common form of cancer in the United States, is defined as the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells following unrepairable DNA damage to the skin. This DNA damage leads to cellular mutation and causes skin cells to multiply quickly, thus forming tumors and abnormal growths. There are several causes of skin cancer, including sunburn and ultraviolet light exposure throughout life with environmental and hereditary elements. Ultraviolet light, a type of electromagnetic…

Health Assessment View on Skin 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…

for their hair, skin and eyes. Melanocytes is located in the epidermis layer, which is why it is important that we have protection. Melanin is what protects our skin from the effects that one may encounter from the sun. That is why caucasians are more immune to skin cancer because they do not produce enough melanin as someone with darker skin does. Most people believe that people with dark skin cannot get skin cancer which is false. Ultraviolet radiation is how one can get skin cancer. If an…

environments. One of the most common diseases is cancer, which the name is given to a collection of related diseases .The term cancer refers to the condition when there is an abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate, grow, in an uncontrolled way and, in some cases, to metastasize, spread to other parts of the body 1. The word cancer is originally derived from the Latin word for crab. The ancients used the word to mean malignancy2. According to CANCER RECEARCH UK there were…

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer. In the United States, 31% of Americans use sunscreen when involving in outdoor activities that expose their skin to sun rays. The look of a tan is actually a stage of burning and some damage to the skin. Many people think that it is possible to get a healthy tan, but this thought has been proven wrong. What is Skin 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,…

Skin Cancer Introduction The skin does its best on protecting against the heat, injury and infection. Skin helps control body temperature and will store water and fat. Skin Cancer is the abnormal growth of skin cells that usually develops on skin that is exposed to the sun. Typically it can be found on areas such as the scalp, face, lips, ears, neck, chest, arms, hands, and on legs in women (“http://www.skincancer.org”). Less often, this common form of cancer can also occur on areas of your…

many types of skin cancer but the three main types of skin cancer which are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Even though there are three major types of skin cancer this essay will be focusing on Melanoma. Before I can discuss how Melanoma works we have to understand the anatomy of the Skin tissue. In the human body our skin is the protection between the external environment and internal organs. The human body skin can be different in the thickness of the skin. For…

How does the sun harm us? : Skin exposure to UV light causes sunburn. Abigail Pereira The Sun is the center of the universe. Sunlight is essential to all living organisms on the earth. However excess exposure to the sun may causes immense damage to living organisms as follows. Skin cancer (1) is caused due to mutations in the DNA of our skin cells. These mutations cause the cells to create big cancer cells in the body. Most of the damage caused to your DNA cells are mostly due to UV rays. The…

accounts for about one percent of skin cancers diagnosed, it causes the most deaths than any other type of skin cancer (Melanoma Skin Cancer). Melanoma is a very common type of cancer that can be easily treated in its early stages, but if gone undiagnosed it can even become deadly; although, if you take the right precautions and diagnose it early, it can be cured easily through surgery, radiation treatment, etc. (Is It Melanoma). Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that starts in the melanocytes,…

Nanospheres of gold and organic suppress the development of skin cancer - scientists MOSCOW, July 2 - RIA Novosti. US bioengineers were able to successfully suppress the growth of skin cancer cells using microspheres of gold nanoparticles and spherical molecules of RNA, and published their findings in an article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Now we can start a fight with a host of diseases. Thanks to the project "Human Genome" and all work in this area over…