Metastatic Melanoma

Melanoma is primarily a skin disease typical to youth, but melanoma can occur in the population at any age. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer hich usually begins in the skin, either in a mole or in normal-looking skin. About 7,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with melanoma each year. It begins in skin cells called melanocytes. Melanocytes produce the substance that gives skin its color. Although the number of people who develop melanoma is increasing, it is still a rare type of cancer. The body is composed of several cell types. Normally, cells grow, divide and die. Sometimes, cells change (change) and begin to grow and multiply faster than normal cells.

Causes of melanoma

The main causes of melanoma are: UV radiation and skin cancer - UV radiation is one of the main causes of this disease FWA training.

Other factors in melanoma

1) Tanning also expose your body to UV rays and increases your risk of developing melanoma
2) Heredity. A small percentage of people who develop melanoma have a family history of disease. Having a parent, child or sibling with melanoma greatly increases your risk. In addition, some families are affected by a disease called familial atypical multiple mole melanoma (FAMMM) syndrome.
3) combination of genetic and environmental factors.
4) atypical moles
5) a compromised immune system, especially if you have had an organ transplant, leukemia or lymphoma.

Treatment of melanoma

The treatment of melanomas that have spread beyond the skin
· Surgical excision. It is very difficult to cure melanoma that has spread beyond the skin. But the removal of a melanoma that has spread (metastatic melanoma) can often provide relief of symptoms - sometimes for years. Whether it's an option for you will depend on where the cancer is located and how serious it is, and your wishes and their overall health.
Chemotherapy ·. This form of treatment uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. Two or more drugs are often administered in combination and may be administered intravenously, in pill form or both - usually four to six months. Melanoma has long been considered resistant to most forms of chemotherapy, but new chemotherapy regimens are studied and developed. In the meantime, chemotherapy is sometimes used to relieve symptoms in people with advanced metastatic melanoma.
· The radiotherapy. This treatment uses high energy X-rays to kill cancer cells. It is sometimes used to help relieve the symptoms of melanoma that has spread to another organ. Fatigue is a common side effect of radiotherapy, but your energy usually returns after treatment is completed.
* Processing biological (immunotherapy). This form of treatment is designed to help your immune system to fight disease. It involves the use of biological response modifiers (BRMs) - substances your body normally produces in response to infection. Biologics such as interleukin-2 and interferon are now produced in laboratories for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
· The gene therapy. An area of great interest among researchers, this therapy is usually focused on adding genes to cancer cells. One approach, which has had limited success, is to replace some damaged genes that appear to be responsible for abnormal cell growth