How to prevent the skin cancer

Topics: Health | Types: Article
Published on: 26/04/2018

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The cancer can have a wide variety of demonstrations, that is, the person can present different signs and symptoms. Manifestations of cancer in the earliest stages are often non-specific and are often present in other benign diseases. Therefore, it is important to remember that having them does not necessarily mean having cancer. There are cases of cancers without any manifestations, for example when the tumour is very small. This is why early detection cancer screening campaigns are so useful.


Risk factors
Not modifiable

  • Skin colour: skin cancer is more common in people with light skin, eyes and hair.
  • Have many common moles: more than 50 moles.
  • Genetics: having a family history of melanoma (a type of skin cancer) increases the risk of developing skin cancer.

  • Sunscalds in the childhood: sunburn when you are young increases the risk of skin cancer years later.
  • The excessive exhibition in the sun, so much if it produces burns or as though not: people working outdoors have a higher incidence. They are especially susceptible people of white breed, redheads or blondes and with clear eyes.
  • Lamps or booths overexposure bronceadoras.

How demonstrates

Demonstrations of the system of fabrics, skin and mucosae

  • Tightening in sucks it or in some somewhere else of the body. Some cancers can be palpated via the skin. A tightening it can be a sign of cancer in the skin. The majority of the lumps or nodules usually are benign demonstrations, but in all cases is owed to reject the existence of a malignant injury.
  • Change in a verruca or mole (colour, size, way or definition of edges).