Skin Cancer : Non-melanoma Skin cancers
Skin Cancer : Non-melanoma Skin cancers https://urgentcarenearmetx.com/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Tony Guo Tony Guo https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aa9bbdf8f1e6bbf534778ecea7c0c925?s=96&d=mm&r=g- Tony Guo
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Non-melanoma Skin cancers
- Actinic keratosis
- Premalignant skin lesions
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Most common type of skin cancer
- Least deadly
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Potential to metastasize
- Pipe, cigar, and cigarette smoking
- Immunosuppression leads to a dramatic increase in the incidence
Malignant melanoma
- Cause unknown
- Environmental factors
- Genetic factors
- Risk factors
- Red or blonde hair
- Light-colored eyes
- Fair skin that freckles
- Chronic sun exposure
- Family history
- ABCDE Rule
- Asymmetry
- Border irregularity
- Color change
- Diameter >6 mm
- Evolving in appearance
- Interprofessional Care
- Treatment determined by
- Site of original tumor
- Stage of the cancer
- Patient’s age and general health
- Includes wide surgical incision and adjuvant therapy
- Tumor staging
- O to IV
- Based on tumor size, nodal involvement, and metastasis
Diagnostic and surgical therapy
- Skin scraping
- Obtain a sample of surface cells (stratum corneum) for microscopic inspection and diagnosis
- Electrodessication/Electrocoagulation
- The heat created from electrical energy, burns and destroys tissue
- Curettage
- The removal and scooping away of tissue using an instrument called a curette
- Punch biopsy
- To obtain a tissue sample for histologic study or to remove small lesions
- Cryosurgery
- Destroying epidermal lesions by using subfreezing temperature
- Excision—Mohs procedure
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