Skin Cancer Therapy and Healing

Skin Cancer Therapy and Healing

There are three kinds of skin cancer therapy, namely:

1. Surgery / Operations: Operations may be used to prevent, treat, staging (determining how the cancer stage), and diagnosing cancer. With respect to cancer treatment, surgery performed to remove tumors or cancerous tissue as possible. This is often done in conjunction with chemotherapy or radiation.For those whose cancer can not be cured, palliative surgery may be an option for pain relief that may be caused by cancer. Palliative surgery is not intended to treat or cure cancer, or even to prolong life, but rather to reduce discomfort.

2. Chemotherapy: Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to eliminate cancer cells. Unlike surgery, chemotherapy affects the entire body, not just certain parts. Chemotherapy works by the main target on cancer cells that divide very rapidly. Unfortunately, the types of cells in our body that divide there is also very high, such as hair follicle cells and the cells contained in the stomach. This is why chemotherapy can cause side effects such as hair loss and nausea.Chemotherapy is generally administered through peroral (oral) or intravenously (IV), but can also be given in other ways. Chemotherapy can be a single, or a combination of several drugs and administered for a period of time. As with any surgery, chemotherapy can be administered alone, in combination with radiation therapy or in combination with biological therapy.

3. Radiation therapy: Radiation therapy uses a certain type of energy to shrink tumors or eliminate cancer cells. Radiation therapy works by damaging the DNA of cancer cells, making it unable to develop. Cancer cells are very sensitive to radiation and usually the cells will die after radiation therapy. Nearby healthy cells can also be damaged, but has the ability to quickly recover.Radiation therapy can be administered alone, along with chemotherapy, and / or with surgery. The decision to combine radiation therapy with other types of treatment depending on the stage of cancer and other factors.

4. Photodynamic TherapyThis is a newer method for treating cancer and has less effect on healthy tissue and it begins by giving normal.Teknik photoactive drugs and drugs that can specifically bind to skin cells that are cancerous to pasien.Bila ray emitted laser light in areas exposed to cancer cells, then the drug becomes active and kills the cancer cells

5. Biological TherapyIs a term for drugs that target cancer-related characteristics. Several mechanisms are targeted therapies work by blocking the process of tumor biology that allows tumors to grow and grow. Another mechanism is by cutting off the blood supply to the tumor, causing the tumor to starve and die from lack of blood.Targeted therapy is used on certain types of cancer only and is not suitable for everyone. Because cancer is essentially the same characteristics in all people despite having the same type of cancer.

The success of cancer therapy is usually measured with a five-year survival rate. Namely the percentage of patients who survived and did not experience cancer recurrence 5 years after therapy. Here is a skin cancer cure rates by type:

• Basal cell carcinoma: more than 99 percent• Squamous cell carcinoma: more than 95 percent• Cutaneous Malignant melanoma: approximately 88 percent in cases where the cancer has not spread. In cases with spread to the lymph nodes nearest the success fell to 58 percent. And to 13 percent in cases with spread to other organs.

see also,

"Skin Cancer Prevention in Daily Life"

"Skin Cancer"

"Skin Cancer Symptoms"