Overview of skin cancer
Time:2009-11-05 09:50 Author:admin Hits:
【Overview】
Skin cancer incidence rate is very low in our country, but in the white race is a common malignant tumor in one, more than all other malignancies combined. In southern Australia, the incidence of skin cancer at least 650/10 million people in the Caucasus in the United States, the incidence of skin cancer as high as 165/10 million, for China the incidence of 100 times. In skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma in order to most common, accounting for more than 60%. An early manifestation of various types of skin cancer, mostly erythema-like lesions, accompanied by scaly skin desquamation, or callus formation, alone naked eye not only difficult to distinguish between their histological type, but also easily with psoriasis, eczema and other benign skin diseases to be confused, often need to be confirmed by pathological examination. Regardless of surgery, radiotherapy or other treatments for skin cancer have a very good efficacy, the cure rate can be above 90%.
Skin cancer incidence rate is very low in our country, but in the white race is a common malignant tumor in one, more than all other malignancies combined. In southern Australia, the incidence of skin cancer at least 650/10 million people in the Caucasus in the United States, the incidence of skin cancer as high as 165/10 million, for China the incidence of 100 times. In skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma in order to most common, accounting for more than 60%. An early manifestation of various types of skin cancer, mostly erythema-like lesions, accompanied by scaly skin desquamation, or callus formation, alone naked eye not only difficult to distinguish between their histological type, but also easily with psoriasis, eczema and other benign skin diseases to be confused, often need to be confirmed by pathological examination. Regardless of surgery, radiotherapy or other treatments for skin cancer have a very good efficacy, the cure rate can be above 90%.
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