Skin Cancer Treatment Centers could also Treat Other Cancers if Need Be

Many more people today are experiencing skin cancer than there were approximately 10 or 20 years ago. That is because the nation is obsessed with the sun, tanning beds and becoming darker. What many young people don’t realize is that a skin cancer treatment may be in their future if they do not stop the ‘sun worshiping’ and use sunscreen instead of the suntan lotion.

A dermatologist is the only doctor who does not need an additional instrument other than his or her eyes when first diagnosing skin cancer. They look for irregular boarders on moles and dark spots. Sometime size matters, yet other researchers argue that it doesn’t matter. Moles about the size of a pencil eraser and larger should be checked and checked often while those under the 5mm size should be ignored is one researcher’s philosophy. Many cancer doctors disagree with this because small moles and lesions could also contain cancerous cells. As a matter of fact, almost all skin cancers start out as a single cell and mutate to other cells around them, which causes the darkened spot on the top of the skin. Melanoma or skin cancer is like an iceberg, small on top and large underneath so if surgery is performed, they often times take away more than just a small spot.

Sometimes, not often but on occasion, someone will present themselves to a physician with more than one type of cancer. They could have skin cancer and breast cancer or colon cancer and skin cancer. Typically, doctors will treat the most aggressive cancer first or some oncologists will treat both cancers at the same time such as offer a breast cancer treatment alongside a skin cancer treatment. Chemotherapy and radiation will usually irradiate the cancerous cells in the body no matter where they are located; however there are different treatments for different cancers.  

There are presently over 100 different cancers – close to 120 – and they are broken down into 14 different sub categories: gland; cartilage; red blood cells; white blood cells; liver; fat; blood vessels; pigment cells; muscles; bones; bone marrow; bladder; eye and brain.

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