Elena was accidentally diagnosed with a skin tumor

Prevention is vital to monitoring skin cancer

World Melanoma Day is celebrated annually on May 23 to raise awareness about the most serious skin cancer. preventive action They help, and doctors advise paying attention to changes in the shape, size and color of moles. Good protection is necessary all year round and periodic inspections are necessary.

Today we visited with Maria Fente medical center that uses one of the most advanced techniques for checking moles and spots thanks to confocal microscope for early detection of melanoma which allows you to study samples with a fluorescent label, make optical sections from them and carry out their three-dimensional reconstruction. This method is known as a virtual biopsy, which allows us to penetrate into the most superficial layers of the skin and obtain high-resolution images of the actual state of the cells to see if they are cancerous.

The most aggressive skin cancer

Elena was accidentally diagnosed with melanoma. I was at a wedding in a dress with an open man and I had a mole. A friend warned him about this. The most aggressive skin cancer and with a higher incidence, 6,000 cases per year, and 2-10% of those who suffer from it usually develop another one. Elena now checks all her moles. Fortunately, Elena’s case was diagnosed at an early stage. You need to look at the size and color.

Research opens door to hope new treatments such as immunotherapy but also there are vaccines. The best prevention is to avoid the sun, which “increases the risk of melanoma by 3 to 4 times.” It is important to be aware of minors.

The first priority is to prevent sunburns that pose a long-term risk, especially those that occur during childhood and adolescence. “And teenagers are most responsive to providing adequate sun protection.” Therefore, using sunscreen is very important. And not only in summer, but at any time of the year.

It’s not hereditary

dermatologist Marta Garcia Legas explains that melanoma is not hereditary, but “has a very important genetic component, quite high. We’ve seen families with multiple melanomas, parents and children with the same melanoma in the same place,” although, he cautions, there are other factors to talk about, such as the sun and tanning beds.

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