Skin Cancers

SKIN CANCER

>Numerous types of tumor arises in the skin.Most skin tumors are benign and do not spread(metastasis)to othr body areas.
>some skin tumors ate malignant or cancerous and tend to invade other body areas.

WORDS TO REMEMBER
SKIN = The membranous tissues forming the external covering or integument of an animal and consisting in vertebrae of the epidermis or dermis.

3 MAJOR TYPES OF SKIN CANCER

*BASAL CELL CARCINOMA (BCC)
*SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (SCC)
*MELANOMA

RISK FACTOR;

*FAIR SKIN
*A HISTORY OF SUNBURN
*EXCESSIVE SUN EXPOSURE
*SUNNY OR HIGH ALTITUDE CLIMATE
*MOLES
*A FAMILY HISTORY OF SKIN CANCER.
*A PERSONAL HISTORY OF SKIN CANCER
* A WEAKNED IMMUNE SYSTEM
*EXPOSURE TO RADIATION
*EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN SUBSTANCES.

Skin Tags

Skin Tags

What are Skin Tags?

Skin tags are known as acrochordon, cutaneous papilloma, cutaneous tag. Fibro epithelial polyp, fibroma pendulum, papilloma colli , soft fibroma and templeton skin tag.

>a small and soft hanging in the skin
>have different colors pink,brown,red, or black can require biopsy to exclude the cause of skin cancer.
>not harmless or tumor but a benign
>most common in woman than man

●most typical area skin tag exist

armpit
eyelid
groin
upper chest
under the breast
neck

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