Skin Cancer Symptoms and Signs

Skin cancer mostly attacks part of our body that often exposed directly or indirectly to the sun. However, skin cancer can also occurs on areas that rarely exposed to the sun, such as; palms, genital area, fingernails, or even tongue.

A cancerous skin lesion can appear suddenly or develop slowly. Its appearance depends on the type of cancer.



Skin Cancer symptoms are varying due its types. These include changes in the skin that do not heal, ulceration in the skin, discolored skin, and changes in existing moles, such as jagged edges to the mole and enlargement of the mole.

• Basal cell carcinoma skin cancer symptoms
  When basal cell carcinoma occurs, the symptoms that looks like a raised, smooth, pearly bump on the sun-exposed skin of the head, neck or shoulders. This skin cancer symptoms may also shows times small blood vessels can be seen within the tumor. Crusting and bleeding in the center of the tumor frequently develops. It is often mistaken for a sore that does not heal. This form of skin cancer is the least deadly and with proper treatment can be completely eliminated, often without scarring. (Learn more...)

• Squamous cell carcinoma skin cancer symptoms
  The skin cancer symptoms that commonly shows are red, scaling, thickened patch on sun-exposed skin. Some of these symptoms are firm hard nodules and dome shaped. Ulceration and bleeding may occur. When squamous cell carcinoma is not treated, it may develop into a large mass. Squamous cell is the second most common skin cancer. It is dangerous, but not nearly as dangerous as a melanoma.

• Melanoma skin cancer symptoms
  Malignant melanoma symptoms mostly are brown to black looking lesions. Unfortunately, some melanoma skin cancer symptoms  are pink, red or fleshy in color; these are called amelanotic melanomas. Warning signs that might indicate a malignant melanoma include change in size, shape, color or elevation of a mole. Other melanoma skin cancer signs are the appearance of a new mole during adulthood or new pain, itching, ulceration or bleeding. (learn more...)

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