| How to spot malignant mole?
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| | time
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| This morning you took a bath. The warm
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| | Also worrisome signs include easy
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| water feels so nice during the cold
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| | bleeding and erythema (redness) around
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| winter day. There was some funny skin
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| | the mole.
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| itching on you back. You looked in the
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| | Itching and pain in the side of mole make
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| mirror, turned this way , that way. There
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| | you suspicious as well.
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| is small mole on your back You remember
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| | History of melanoma in Family should also
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| this spot had been there for years, since
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| | raise suspicions.
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| childhood. Did this spot get that strange
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| | Some skin problems look like melanoma,
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| itching?
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| | but are actually harmless. Anyway, do not
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| Recently you have heard the news that
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| | gamble with them. Even experienced
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| there are more than 50000 of new melanoma
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| | physician can not always tell if the
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| cases every year. This number grows 3% a
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| | lesion is malignant or not. It is better
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| year.
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| | to be safe then sorry and check the
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| What is going on? Is this small spot on
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| | troubling changes soon.
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| you back went out of control?
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| | Some rare types of melanoma exist.
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| Several types of skin tumors exist. Many
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| | Because even obvious melanomas are not
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| are slow growers. Many give rare
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| | always diagnosed on time, the unusual
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| metastasis. Simple removal cure majority
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| | types becomes much more deadlier. Often
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| of skin tumors.
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| | doctor sees them too late.
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| Melanoma brings troubles big time.
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| | Melanoma under the nails. Melanoma of
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| Melanos = black, oma = tumor.
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| | mucous membranes. (Mouth, nose or guts)
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| You can detect melanoma by self-exam.
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| | Amelanotic melanoma - this one is not
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| Skin cancers show themselves much easier
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| | even colored.
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| than any other types of cancer.
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| | The treatment will be excision with
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| In the same time you can cure melanoma by
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| | margins and biopsy, but most important of
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| simple surgical resection. However, catch
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| | course is to catch melanoma Know that the
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| this tumor in early stage. Late stage
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| | treatment depends on the thickness of the
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| metastasize. Surgeon can not cut off
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| | tumor and the presence of distant
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| every metastasis in your body.
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| | metastasis.
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| There are numerous sites dedicated to
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| | Surgeon or dermatologist cuts off the
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| melanoma self-exam. Just type in the word
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| | melanoma. Then, Pathologist (doctor
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| "melanoma" into any search engine. Follow
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| | specializing in lab diagnostics) looks
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| instructions.
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| | the sample under microscope.
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| Fair skin people have more chances of
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| | He classifies the tumor. The grade of the
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| getting melanoma. However, dark skin
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| | tumor gives the clue to the chances of
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| people develop melanoma too.
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| | your survival.
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| Everybody has moles. Women even use moles
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| | There are several classifications
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| to charm. How to find if your mole became
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| | Breslow classification measure the
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| dangerous?
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| | penetration of the lesion into skin by
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| Dangerous signs include ABCD:
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| | millimeters. Know that > 0.75 mm is
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| Asymmetry
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| | already dangerous, but > 4 mm is wacking.
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| Border
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| | What is 4 mm. It is nothing. Right? Take
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| Color
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| | a ruler and check how 1 mm looks and how
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| Diameter
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| | 4 mm looks.
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| A- asymmetry. Suspicious mole does not
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| | So this is why it is important to catch
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| look like a round or oval blot. Often,
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| | melanoma early.
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| early melanoma looks rather like a blot
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| | There is also Clarks classification that
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| with an odd shape.
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| | measures penetration of the melanoma into
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| B- borders. Borders become irregular,
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| | the skin and other layers.
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| uneven, fuzzy. The edges of the blots
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| | TNM classification standardizes the
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| become notched.
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| | grading.
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| C- color. Color of normal mole should be
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| | You can not know the grade unless you
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| more or less homogenous. Change in color
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| | excise and measure the melanoma
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| is very suspicious . There are shades of
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| | penetration under microscope. It is not a
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| brown, black, tan, red. Mottled color is
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| | do-it-yourself project. Surgeon and
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| suspicious.
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| | pathologist will do it.
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| D- diameter. Change in diameter is
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| | The time of evolvement 1-2 years.
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| suspicious too. Mole that is bigger than
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| | The frequency of melanoma is increasing.
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| 6 mm is suspicious. Everybody compares 6
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| | It might be because of more people get
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| mm to a pencil eraser (though few people
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| | sun damage. Also other reasons may play
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| actually use it extensively). Just to get
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| | role.
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| idea about the borderline size.
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| | Treatment of melanoma includes surgical
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| Besides ABCD there could be other signs
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| | removal, chemotherapy, immunotherapy,
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| of dangerous mole:
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| | radiation therapy.
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| E - enlargement and elevation over the
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