METASTATIC MELANOMA

TYPES

Bizarre moles might be the main sign of melanoma.

Moles caused by melanoma may have these characteristics:

• Asymmetry- Both sides of a mole may look basically the same ifyou draw a straight line through it. If not, then there is asymmetry.
• Border-A healthy mole has a smoothand even If the borders are irregular, it may become a melanoma.
• Shading-A carcinogenic mole will have more colors such as brown, tan,black, red,  white, and blue.
• Size-Melanomas are bound to be bigger than benign moles.

SYMPTOMS

If you have metastatic melanoma, you may encounter symptoms, such as the following:

• Hardened lump under your skin
• Swollen or severe pain in lymph nodes
• Difficulty of breathing
• Enlarged liver or loss of appetite, if the malignant growth has spread to your liver or stomach
• Bone pain or broken bones, if the malignant growth has spread
• Fatigue
• Headaches
• Seizures, if the malignancy has spread to your brain

DIAGNOSIS

When diagnosing a melanoma, your dermatologist will get a little sample to check for skin malignancies. If the results are positive, the doctor may remove the mole totally. This is called an excisional biopsy.

In the event that the disease is still in your lymph hubs, your specialist will utilize different tests to check whether the malignant growth has spread anyplace else in your body. These include:

• X-rays
• CT scan
• MRI
• PET scan
• Blood tests

TREATMENT

Treatment for melanoma will start with surgery to remove the tumor and the cancer cells around it. Surgery alone can treat melanoma that hasn’t spread yet.

Your doctor may propose radiation, immunotherapy, or chemotherapy to treat metastatic cancer. Surgery can remove malignant growth in the different parts of your body.

When the disease has metastasized or spread, different medicines will be required.