Skin Cancer Dangers

by Alan Light under CC BY

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Cancer that is formed within the cells of the skin and the one that is related to the soft tissues and other epidermal parts is known as the skin cancer and it is one of the most prevailing types of cancers that we have these days within the regime. This disease affects both men and women and they are most likely to get affected by it consistently and relatively on a larger scale than other kinds of cancer forms.

There are many factors that are causing this type of cancer to appear and to have outcomes and side effects on the health appearance of the people and the most highlighting one is the ultraviolet radiation and several harsh skin chemicals that are implied on it.

When anything abnormal goes within the skin cells and they tend to have negative effects out of it, they start rapidly dividing into cells that are damaging and negatively charged. They ultimately start producing a mass that is commonly known as a tumor growth which then causes the cell death and necrosis in several parts of different organs.

The adjacent cells and tissues are ultimately damaged and affected from this routine leading to ultimate cancer enhancement and approach. The cancer in this similar pattern then enters blood and several other parts of the body to have detrimental and even fatal effects.


Skin cancers are basically of two forms; melanoma and non-melanoma. Non-melanoma is further divided into basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.

Melanoma as the name implies is the disease that relates and involves melanocytes and the cells that produce pigments of the skin. Basal cell carcinoma is basically the cell layered cancer that affects the inner most parts of the skin readily. Squamous cell carcinoma affects the flat layers of cells that are found on the skin but in any case the side effects are damaging and they can affect a person’s health and overall appearance to a greater extent.

Melanoma out of all the skin cancer types is the most dangerous one because through that particular skin cancer, the cells and infection spreads out to other places and organs as well. Signs and symptoms relatively show after some time on the skin surface as moles, discoloration and lumps that could be seem clearly.

Diagnosis could be done easily with the help of skin examination and testing of the epidermal layers; treatment and remedies are designed accordingly depending upon what stage the cancer is.