Does the skin change the skin with dangerous melanoma cells?
Recently, the Central Dermatology Hospital received a 70 -year -old male patient, with a clinical sign of a black array in the right of the right foot, no pain.The patient said black lesions appeared 10 years ago.About the last 1 year, black lesions have increased in size.
Damage of melanoma cancer in the soles of the feet of the patient.Photo: Doctor provided
After the examination and testing process, the doctor diagnosed the patient monitoring melanoma in the skin (malignant melanoma) in the right foot.
Patients have surgical surgery to cut the entire cancer mass and medical tissue tests.Fortunately, with the results of biopsy of skin cell cancer in the early stage, there has not been metastatic detection, so it is not needed, radiotherapy, patients only monitor and re -examination periodically.
Dr.-Dr. Nguyen Huu Quang, Deputy Head of Financial Surgery Department and Rehabilitation, Dermatology Hospital, said that melanoma is one of the most malignant skin cancer because of progress.Fast development, metastasis far away.
Signs of melanoma cell cancer are black, brown, even red or blue lesions with a size of over 6 mm;progress in size;No heterogeneity in color any skin and mucosa ... For Vietnamese people, lesions often appear at the head positions such as table, fingers, legs.
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Le Huu Doanh, Director of the National Hospital of Dermatology, said there are the three most common types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, scaled cell carcinoma and melanoma.This type of cancer tends to rejuvenate.
Notably, more than 50% of skin cancer patients when diagnosed, detected, the disease was late.Meanwhile, early detection of skin cancer is often benign, if treated promptly, the possibility is very high, even with melanoma cell cancer is very malignant.
Exam for patients with skin diseases
The reason according to Assoc.Many patients who see signs of abnormal skin abnormalities, instead of going to the specialist hospital to examine each other to cigarettes, causing deformed damage, ulcers, fluids ...
Therefore, when seeing signs such as moles or hyperpigmentation traces, hemorrhage, quick size changes, abnormal skin appearance, color change ... Need to go to the medical facility immediately with a medical facility.Dermatology specialist for examination.
Assoc.Prof. Le Huu Doanh said to update and share professional knowledge, practice experience, apply new technology and improve the quality of research and treatment in dermatology, from 21 to 23-11The 6th Indochina Dermatology Conference, the annual national dermatological conference, with the participation of more than 1,400 delegates in the country and internationally.
Difficult diseases, disease trends, treatment experiences, high -tech applications ... are also shared by experts at this conference.
The conference has 2 plenary sessions, 16 scientific sessions, 3 seminars and 1 conference conference session with more than 100 professional reports.In particular, nearly 30 international reports are dermatologists from countries around the world and region such as USA, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia...
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