Oncologists refuted seven myths about skin cancer that need to see everything.
Melanoma is often called the most difficult cancer, because scientists are still trying to find a single cause for its development. Only known factors that can help in the human skin has developed cancerous cells. This files most often for help to the doctor with suspected skin cancer are people-intensive sunbathing, having a genetic predisposition to melanoma, that is, someone of the parents could suffer the same diagnosis, with a variety of damage moles, and so on.
Myths about melanoma, you should be aware of:
1. Skin cancer equate to the number of incurable diseases. In fact, with early diagnosis of this disease and its effective treatment, about 100% of patients recover completely.
2. Dark-skinned and dark-skinned people can get melanoma. This myth is widely known as the facts that patients with any skin color around the world have the same chances of development of cancer.
3. Through the use of sunscreen may develop skin cancer. In fact, the situation is exactly the opposite. A special cream to protect the skin from exposure to ultraviolet and infrared radiation.
4. Artificial UV light is much safer natural. Doctors are sounding the alarm, when you hear this statement, because the tanning bed is more dangerous than the sun.
5. Melanoma ache just retired. This misconception, which has a negative impact on growth statistics of this disease. Young people miss the need to be screened regularly, thereby reducing your chances of skin cancer will be diagnosed at an early stage.
6. If not moles, cancer cells will not develop. Many people believe that in order to avoid melanoma, it is necessary to remove all moles. Actually, the mass and mole removal does not prevent the potential to develop skin cancer.
7. It is best to remove moles by laser. Physicians in your practice use both removal of moles on the body and face of the patient — surgical technique and laser. Still, surgery is more effective, at least, evidenced by statistical data.
