Skin tumours are a common group of dermatoses that people of tropical regions or the white race often encounter. A skin tumour may appear as a strange mark or lump on or beneath your skin. Various types of tumours can be treated in different ways or sometimes require no treatment at all.
Therefore, detailed learning about tumours, symptoms and treatments can help you understand if you need to seek proper medical help.
A skin tumour is a strange area or development of tissue over or under the skin that can be cancerous or non-cancerous. Non-cancerous (benign) tumours are not life-threatening as they do not spread to other parts or organs of your body. They generally do not need any treatment but are removed in some cases. However, if you are diagnosed with cancerous skin tumours, then you must undergo proper medical treatment.
Skin tumours can occur to anyone disregarding men, women and children. Few types occur at an early age, and in some cases, it becomes pervasive as people get older. The risk is higher for people having the following factors:
Skin tumours have majorly 2 categories, which are non-cancerous and cancerous. Sometimes people are diagnosed with tumours under the skin, also called skin cysts. These are closed pouches of tissues filled with water or other substances. The majority of skin tumours and cysts are non-cancerous or benign tumours.
Both non-cancerous and cancerous tumours have further classifications. Here are some common types:
Skin tumours are typically visible on the skin or are evident to the touch when they occur. A benign tumour does not cause any symptoms and harm to you. Therefore, its appearance does not create any fear. However, while turning into malignant, it causes skin tumour symptoms that you must consider as a warning. A cancerous tumour rings the alarm with symptoms such as:
Medical experts could not explain or describe any particular reason for skin tumour development. In most cases, reasons like exposure to bright sun, minor skin trauma such as scare or insect bite, underlying conditions such as autoimmune disorder or family history of skin tumours can commonly cause skin tumours.
Benign tumours usually do not have any stages. They can and usually disappear on their own most of the time. However, malignant tumours have different stages based on the spread of cancerous cells to other parts of your body.
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It is the earliest stage, also called carcinoma-in-situ. At this stage, the cells have not spread beyond the outer layer of your skin. |
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At this stage, the cancer cells started spreading beyond the epidermis and touched the dermis but have not spread deeper into it. |
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The cancerous tumour is larger than 2 centimetres across and spreads deeper into your dermis. |
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At this stage, the tumour has touched anyone nearby the lymph node but yet not invaded any bone or organ. |
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Cancer can now be any size and metastasised to several lymph nodes larger 3 centimetres and spread to bones or other organs. |
Most skin tumours are usually benign and need treatment only when it causes severe symptoms like pain or discomfort. Individuals can opt for dermatological treatments such as a laser, steroid or medical incision for a benign skin tumors. Conversely, a cancerous tumour requires treatments that involve complex surgeries or radiotherapy. Below are mentioned some of the treatments:
This emits a single wavelength of light stimulated into a high-intensity and narrow light beam to go deep into the human tissue and heal a benign tumour.
This is another process to treat a benign tumour by scraping away the tumour tissues from the skin with a scrapper and stopping blood loss with the help of an electrosurgical unit.
Doctors cut out the tumour tissue and some adjacent normal tissues in this process.
Medical experts spray liquid nitrogen or liquid carbon dioxide onto the skin to freeze and destroy the abnormal tissues.
Professionals use radiotherapy or radiation therapy to treat the area of cancer. An external beam of high-intensity light is emitted from a machine, destroying the cancer cells spreading over your body or stopping them from spreading.
Chemotherapy is another way to treat a cancerous skin tumour. It uses drugs that are injected into your vein or taken by mouth as pills. These drugs travel through the bloodstream and destroy cancer cells, spreading beyond your skin.
Preventing skin tumours involves easy actions, such as -
A skin tumour most of the time does not cause any harm to you. However, you never sit back and take things casually if it causes symptoms like discomfort, irritation, bleeding or scaling. Seek a doctor's help whenever your tumour alarms you.
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