Melanoma targeted drugs

Skin tumors are unfamiliar to many people. This type of disease is not very common. After suffering from skin tumors, the patient's skin will have obvious changes, and there are many types of such diseases. For example, melanoma target is the most serious skin tumor and takes a long time to treat. If it is not treated in time after discovery, the disease will develop rapidly. Melanoma targeted drugs are a good choice for its treatment. The use of this type of drug needs to be based on the doctor's advice.

Melanoma is the most malignant type of skin tumor. Cancer cells gradually penetrate into the skin and mucous membranes, eventually reaching blood vessels or lymphatic channels and rapidly spreading throughout the body and major organs. Once metastasis occurs, the patient's 5-year survival rate is only 4.6%. Due to its high mortality rate, high metastasis rate and difficulty in treatment, melanoma is called the "king of cancer". It is reported that the incidence rate of melanoma in China is 0.6/100,000, which is a rare disease, but it has been on the rise in recent years. Unlike in the West, the specific type of melanoma that is prevalent in China is more malignant. "Melanoma in Westerners is mostly distributed on the superficial skin (called skin type), while about 50% of melanoma in China is distributed on the skin at the ends of the limbs (called acrofacial type), which is more likely to metastasize. In addition, 20% are mucosal type, such as the digestive tract and nasal cavity, which are more malignant and have a poor prognosis, while this type of patients accounts for less than 1% among Caucasians."

What exactly causes melanoma? Melanoma in Caucasians is mostly related to excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays, while the incidence of melanoma in China has little to do with ultraviolet radiation and is mostly related to improper treatment, such as unauthorized use of lasers, strangulation, salting, and knives and scissors. "The awareness rate of melanoma among Chinese patients is still very low. Most patients are already in the middle or late stages when the disease is discovered, and have missed the best time for treatment." Some women who love beauty like to go to beauty salons to remove moles without authorization, but they cannot distinguish whether it is a benign pigmented mole or an early melanoma. If they rashly undergo laser or freezing treatment, it is very likely that the melanoma originally growing on the epidermis will be brought into the dermis, causing rapid metastasis.

If you find that a pigmented mole is asymmetrical, changes color, has irregular edges, is gradually getting bigger, or feels abnormal, you should seek medical attention immediately and never treat it on your own. Once melanoma is diagnosed, standardized treatment should be initiated as soon as possible.

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