Skin+Cancer

= Skin Cancer (Melanoma) = By Ring Cheung

What is it? Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer mostly caused by ultraviolet radiation. Your chances can increase when you stay too long in the sun, when you tan indoors too much or when your parents once had Melanoma.

What are the symptoms? Chances are that you’ve been diagnosed with Melanoma when you grow a mole shades of brown or black and dashes of red, white and blue. After that happens, your skin might turn a bit gray, you might lose a lot of weight for no particular reason at all and you might get seizures. Skin cancer can pretty deadly if you don’t go to the doctor immediately. Everyone with skin cancer has 99% of surviving at first, but if you end up not going, it’s going to get worse- you might even end up having only 15% of you surviving it.

How can it be cured? There are different types of treatments for different situations. The three most commonly used ones are: Surgeries, which is the most common treatment. The doctor takes out of destroys the cancer. Chemotherapy, where the patient is given drugs to kill the cancer cells Radiation therapy, where the doctor uses x-rays or something similar to destroy the cancer cells.

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