pictures of skin cancer

Skin cancer is a result of too much exposure to Ultra violet radiation from the sun. It is also caused by genetic or radiation treatments. Most common form of cancer is skin cancer; which can be prevented or treated. Any part of the body is at risk of having skin cancer. Body parts which are exposed to sunlight like face, hands, neck etc are mostly affected. Check out photos of skin cancer.

Skin cancer treatment are of various forms. Standard type and clinical trials are some of the treatments.The standard treatment is the regular methods that we are currently using and the clinical trials are part of the cancer research program. Visit Skin Rashes Photos.

Below are the four types of standard skin cancer treatments that are used:

Surgery:

Few types are under surgery, such as:

Simple Excision where the tumor is cut from the skin along with some normal skin along with it.

Shave Excision the abnormal area is shaved off using a small blade.

Cryosurgery is a type of treatment also known as cryotherapy, in which abnormal tissues are frozen and destroyed as in carcinoma in situ.

Laser surgery is a narrow beam of intense light, used to make bloodless cuts in the tissue or to remove to the tumor.

This type of skin cancer treatment stops and kills the cancer cells by using high energy x-rays and other radiation. This radition is internal as well as external depending on the stage that the cancer has advanced to.

{Chemotheraphy: is the form of treatment that uses a drug to stop the cells from dividing or to kill the cells.| Chemotheraphy: is the form of treatment that stops the cells from dividing or kills the cells by using a drug. Chemotheraphy involving application of cream or lotion is for melanoma skin cancer and actinic keratosis.

Sometimes to treat or prevent nonmelanoma skin cancer retinoids are given which still is being studied in the clinical trials. Retinnoids can be injected to skin or taken through mouth.

Photodynamic Therapy: This type of cancer treatment uses a drug and a laser light to kill the cancer germs. The drug that is injected into the veins does not become active till it is exposed to the light. Skin cancer treatment are made effective by exposing the skin to light thereby enhancing the effect of drug. The drug mostly settles in the cancer cells. Damage to the healthy tissues are caused by this kind of therapy.

The above are some of the standard methods for skin cancer treatment that are being used to kill the cancer germs.. The clinical trials are the alternate form of skin cancer treatment. One such feature of this clinical trial is

Biologic therapy: also known as biotherapy or immunotherapy, a treatment that uses the patient's immune system to fight the cancer. Substances produced by the body or prepared in the lab are used to restore the body's natural defenses against the cancer.

The patients that are allowed to take the clinical trials are the ones that have not had any prior medication administered to them or those who have had medication and not gotten better.


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