Just got the pamphlet from the MOHS surgeon and thought I’d share this information with our group about non-melanoma skin cancer; for anyone who is interested. It will be long, so if you are not interested, 
, move on to another thread. I am paraphrasing from the pamphlet.
What is skin cancer?
Skin is made up of keratinocytes and skin replenishes itself by dividing in an organized manner. When it doesn’t it becomes skin cancer. There are three types of skin cancer. The most common is basil cell carcinoma. Basil cell carcinoma is a cancer of the keratinocytes. It is almost NEVER life threatening.
The second most common skin cancer is Squamous cell carcinoma. It is a cancer of the keratinocytes. It is generally not life threatening. But it left, it can spread and metastasis.
. Basal and squamous skin cancer do not turn into melanoma.
Melanoma is the killer. Melanoma is very aggressive and accounts for most skin cancer deaths. Melanoma is a cancer of the melanocytes, the pigment-producing cells of the skin. Aggressive skin cancer like melanoma and sometimes squamous spread to the lymph nodes and other organs.
My aunt was diagnosed with melanoma. My mother said she had two years left to live. I said she didn’t. Two months later she died. My daughter was looking at her husband back on day. She said some of his freckles looked, odd. She forced him to see the doctor.
Melanoma. 3/4 of the skin on his back had to be removed. He has to get a PET every six months. Melanoma is nothing to mess around with-if diagnosed early. If diagnosed late, well, don’t be diagnosed late.
See the skin doctor. Strip down to your birthday suit and let them check every inch of your birthday suit. My maiden Aunt was too embarrassed to go to the doctor as the mole was on her upper inside thigh. She didn’t want the doc seeing her privates. The mole got bigger. She finally went in. It was far to late.
She literally died of embarrassment.
She was in her forties. I remember her as a wonderful person although I saw her rarely. She was a school teacher. The youngest sibling of my mother. She stayed home and took care of her elderly mother and disabled brother, who was at Pearl Harbor. When they died, she thought would marry and adopt some children.
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, move on to another thread. I am paraphrasing from the pamphlet.What is skin cancer?
Skin is made up of keratinocytes and skin replenishes itself by dividing in an organized manner. When it doesn’t it becomes skin cancer. There are three types of skin cancer. The most common is basil cell carcinoma. Basil cell carcinoma is a cancer of the keratinocytes. It is almost NEVER life threatening.
The second most common skin cancer is Squamous cell carcinoma. It is a cancer of the keratinocytes. It is generally not life threatening. But it left, it can spread and metastasis.
. Basal and squamous skin cancer do not turn into melanoma.Melanoma is the killer. Melanoma is very aggressive and accounts for most skin cancer deaths. Melanoma is a cancer of the melanocytes, the pigment-producing cells of the skin. Aggressive skin cancer like melanoma and sometimes squamous spread to the lymph nodes and other organs.
My aunt was diagnosed with melanoma. My mother said she had two years left to live. I said she didn’t. Two months later she died. My daughter was looking at her husband back on day. She said some of his freckles looked, odd. She forced him to see the doctor.
Melanoma. 3/4 of the skin on his back had to be removed. He has to get a PET every six months. Melanoma is nothing to mess around with-if diagnosed early. If diagnosed late, well, don’t be diagnosed late.
See the skin doctor. Strip down to your birthday suit and let them check every inch of your birthday suit. My maiden Aunt was too embarrassed to go to the doctor as the mole was on her upper inside thigh. She didn’t want the doc seeing her privates. The mole got bigger. She finally went in. It was far to late.
She literally died of embarrassment.
She was in her forties. I remember her as a wonderful person although I saw her rarely. She was a school teacher. The youngest sibling of my mother. She stayed home and took care of her elderly mother and disabled brother, who was at Pearl Harbor. When they died, she thought would marry and adopt some children.
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), radiation therapy, topical chemotherapy, and surgical removal. The pamphlet says that MOHS surgery is best suited for removing more difficult skin cancers in critical areas such as the head-face, neck, hands, feet, and lower legs where complete removal and maximum preservation of healthy tissue is vital for both cosmetic and functional reconstruction.
. If it has roots more stages are necessary. A skin cancer can be much larger than if appears. And much deeper.
