Skin Cancer Case Study Essay

In the Journal of Surgical Case Reports the case report called “Neglected skin cancer in the elderly: a case of basosquamous cell carcinoma of the right shoulder” talks about a disease of the integumentary system called skin cancer. This is the most common cancer in the whole world. Every year they diagnose more than three million people with skin cancer. Most of the time when a doctor finds skin cancer it is on or around the neck or head. This is because this part of your body is always exposed to the sun.
The elderly are more likely to get skin cancer because of the fact that they do not go out into public much and also their skin is changing more than a younger persons. In this journal they have a case where an elderly woman went to have her yearly physical and the doctor noticed she had something on her right shoulder. She was then sent to the ER. The elderly woman knew she had something on her shoulder but had not done anything about it because she said she didn’t want to worry her family. When she was admitted into the ER plastic surgery took her in to do a shaved biopsy and that revealed that she had
Most skin cancers can be treated with rotational therapy or a surgical procedure or both. If they are caught in the earlier stage they are usually treated with a small surgical procedure but if they have progressed and become very advanced then usually they have to do surgery and radiation. Although some people can be treated with just radiation. This is usually the case if it is a very early case and it is small in diameter. This can also be the case if the person is at high risk going into surgery. In the case in this journal the skin cancer was very advanced so she had to have surgery and radiation. At this time they are also researching other ways to treat skin cancer. They are looking at other medicines that do not require