Melanoma Skin Cancer

SUMMARY: This digital source paper is primarily focused on the potential causes and the risk factors associated with melanoma skin cancer. Melanoma is a type of cancer or tumor that begins as a dark spot or area on the skin. The tumor containing dark pigment, which is very serious and dangerous disorder. It is also tending or likely to grow and spread in a rapid and uncontrolled way that can cause death. Moreover, melanoma skin cancer takes the highest risk between all other skin cancers, and increasing at one of the highest rate of any other form of cancer in the United States of America. In the USA melanoma is the 15th most common cancer in men and 7th most common cancer in women. People with advanced stages of melanoma skin cancer have
Melanocytes are an epidermal cell that produces melanin or a dark brown or black substance that is a natural part of people’s skin, hair, and eyes. According to the study, in the United States, there were an estimated 76,690 new melanoma patients in 2013, causing approximately 9480 deaths (melanoma-specific mortality and competing mortality in patients with non-metastatic malignant melanoma a population-based analysis). Although, melanoma skin cancer can increase so many other difficulties for the patients and other care teams. Study stated that, people who diagnosed with melanoma is highly stressful than compared with who were not diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer. Also, melanoma is much more common in the white people than black or darker skinned people. Melanoma can affect any ages and sex, but much higher at age 35 and older. It also has more than thirty different subtypes with significantly different
These changes growth time to time, and if it not diagnosed at an early stage a chance will be high to spread all over to the body. At the end, surgery is one of the most procedure to remove melanoma skin cancer from the body, and physical care or therapy and other drug treatments.
Conclusion
According to the above information, melanoma skin cancer causes a variety of symptoms which can lead death and affects a quality of people’s life. Also, melanoma is increasing disorder in the world. The cost of care is too high. Furthermore, some drug treatment and surgery may slow the symptoms. Finally, I am confident with my conclusion and learned a new things about melanoma skin cancer. The video that I watched is very helpful to know sign and symptoms
References
Mark Gimbel (M.D) Banner MD Anderson. Signs and symptoms of melanoma and skin cancer.
Scott Menzies and Sam Shuster. Is sun exposure a major cause of