What Is Melanoma?
Melanoma is considered one of the most dangerous forms of skin cancer, these cancerous growths develop due to unrepaired DNA damages to skin cells. The most common cause of unrepaired DNA damages is ultraviolet radiations triggers mutations (genetic defects) that lead the skin cells to multiply rapidly and form malignant tumors. The majority of melanomas are black or brown, but they can also be skin-colored, pink, red, purple, blue or white and usually gives the warning signs as moles, brown spots and growths on the skin are usually harmless in many but not necessarily always.
Causes
Melanoma occurs when melanin-producing cells develop a defect, usually skin cells developed in an orderly and controlled way but when some cells develop DNA damage, new cells may begin to multiply out of control and can eventually form a mass of cancerous cells. Though the actual reason is still unknown a combination of factors, including environmental and genetic factors, causes melanoma.
Risk Factors
Some of the factors that may increase your risk of melanoma include:
• Presence of less melanin in your skin means you have less protection from damaging UV radiation. This means that
fair skin is more prone to skin diseases.
• Exposure to excessive ultraviolet (UV) light exposure may increase your risks to melanoma.
• Having many moles or unusual moles.
• Family History of Melanoma.
• Low Immunity
How it is Diagnosed
Melanomas are believed to develop in areas of your body that have little or no exposure to the sun, the areas include spaces between your toes and on your palms, soles, scalp or genitals. There are different places where melanomas can be observed like under a nail, Melanoma in the mouth, digestive tract, urinary tract or vagina, eye. Sometimes the detection is too easy simply by looking at your skin, but the only way to accurately diagnose melanoma is with a biopsy. The process of diagnosis includes extraction of a mole or growth is removes and then tested pathologically.
How It Is Treated
The treatment of melanomas includes two stages, early-stage treatment, and late-stage treatment. Usually for early-stage melanomas usually includes surgery to remove the melanoma and in a very small number of cases, it is seen that through biopsy entire melanomas can be removed and no further treatment will be necessary. In case when the skin is deeply affected, surgically lymph nodes can be surgically removed, Chemotherapy, Radiation therapy, Biological therapy, Targeted therapy.
Who Are The Best Doctor?
Some of the top surgeons for skin cancer treatment in India is as follows:
DR. (COL.) R RANGA RAO
DR. ARCHIT PANDIT
DR. M A RAJA
DR. RANGARAJU RANGA RAO
DR. AMIT AGARWAL
DR. RAJESH MISTRY
DR. MANISH JOSHI
DR. SANJAY SINGH NEGI
DR. SUDHIR TOMEY
DR. VEDANT KABRA
How to Contact?
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