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Detecting Skin Cancer
how can we detect skin cancer?
(24 Apr 2008)
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Symptoms of Skin Cancer
While there is a variety of ways to detect skin cancer, it is absolutely essential for you to know that there is no way you can detect this debilitating disease all by yourself. You would have to seek proper medical advice if you feel or suspect that you have cancer of any kind. Even a doctor would not merely take a look at you or your problem and state with determination that you are suffering from cancer. There would be a battery of tests that you would have to undergo in order to determine if you have the disease.
The commonest way to determine if you have skin cancer is for your doctor to conduct a biopsy to determine this. A biopsy is a medical procedure wherein a small part of the area that is suspected to have cancer cells in removed and is then closely examined under a microscope for presence of cancer cells in it. While this sample can be manually examined by laboratory personnel, it is also possible to conduct this test with the help of chemicals. There are various types of biopsy, wherein a small sample of skin or body fluid or even a large lump can be removed.
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answered by G S on 24 Apr 2008, 11:49:46
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