Melanoma Assignment

1. Bill could choose from the three options

- Surgery

- Chemotherapy

- Radiation Therapy

2. I think Bill should have the melanoma removed through surgery, because it is in one of the earlier stages and only the dermis is affected. Then to ensure that any of the melanoma that may have spread is killed he should undergo sessions of chemotherapy.

Bill's Options

Bill's options are.....

1. Surgery- The tumor and some of the surrounding tissue would be removed.
2. Chemotherapy- Drugs that kill cancer cells are given to the patient, but it has side affects such as nausea, vomiting, hair loss, and mouth sores.
3. Immunotherapy- This method uses your body's immune system to fight cancer or to lessen the side effects that can be caused by cancer treatments like chemotherapy.


Because Bill's cancer is in an early stage, I think that surgery is the best option for him. It would be the simplest option and would cause the least amount of side effects.

What should Bill Do?

Three treatments that Bill could choose as options are surgery, chemotherapy, and simple excision. Each of these would be a good option for him, but in my opinion I think that Bill should get the spot surgically removed. Knowing this kind of cancer, it will eventually spred to other organs or tissues and could get more severe than it already is. The sooner he makes his decision, the better off he will be before more problems come of the cancerous cells. Going through surgery to remove the whole spot would most likely be the most successful.

Bill's Treatment

1. Three possible treatments include
Surgical Excision: All parts of discoloration or raised parts of the tumor are surgically removed.
Chemotherapy: Either one or a combination of a few drugs are injected into the infected area.
Gene Therapy: A change is made to a patient's genetic code to stop uncontrollable cell growth that causes cancer
2. I think Bill should have the tumor surgically excised. This is the least invasive procedure of the three choices. It doesn't have any major side effects and it's the most proven way of eliminating a cancerous tumor.

Bill's Options

Bill has three options for removing his melanoma; surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. I think that Bill should choose to get his melanoma surgically removed. The tumor is localized and it is still a relatively small size. Radiation therapy may be too strong for such a small tumor and chemotherapy is usually used for cancer that is too far gone.

Melanoma treatment

bill has a couple of choices he can have surgery to remove the cancerous cells, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. I think the best treatment option is radiation therapy. this is the best option because surgery has the risk of missing cancerous cells. Chemotherapy kills normal cells that rapidly divide such as hair and blood cells. Radiation therapy not only kills,but keeps cancerous cells from growing and dividing.

Bill has three choices of which treatment he can use for his malignant cancer. Surgery on the particular cells, chemotheropy, and clinical theropy will all work to help Bill. I think the best treatment for Bill to have is the chemotherapy. Surgical procedures would not work as effectively for the caner cells have spread therefor there would need to be more surgical procedures done. I also feel as though clinical trial may take too long and the cancerous cells will not be controlled as soon as the patient is diagnosed.

Melanoma Treatment

Some different treatments for Melanoma are surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy.

Surgery: The tumor or cancerous cells are cut from the skin, and so is some of the surrounding tissue. This treatment is known to be the most successful.

Radiation: High energy X-Rays are used to kill the cancer cells and to prevent their growth through the use of an outside machine, known as external radiation, or through radioactive needles and wires called internal radiation.

Chemotherapy: Drugs are used to stop the growth of cancer cells by killing them or halting their dividing. The drugs can be taken in the form of a pill or injection, or applied as a cream. However, the lotion/cream form can possibly cause inflammation and scarring. This type of treatment is used to treat skin cancer that has spread.

Bill's best option would be surgery since his cancer is still small and in one area. Radiation or chemotherapy would be a poor choice since they are commonly used for widespread cancer, carry more harmful effects, and aren't as successful as a surgical removal of the tumor.

Bill's Case

The options Bill could choose is chemotherapy, surgically removed, or radiation therapy.
The treatment Bill should choose is to have the mole surgically removed since his spot is already malignant. If his tumor isn't taking care of, his cancer could end up spreading to other areas of his body. Having malignant cells causes the body to eventually attract cancer to other areas of the body.

Melanoma

Three types of treatment
Chemotherapy- Using drugs to kill cancer cells
Radiation therapy- using radiation to kill cancerous cells and shrink tumors
surgery- removing tumor from body

Bill should have the tumor removed through surgery. He is still in the early stages of melanoma, so the tumor is local to one area still, and it is easier to catch before it spreads. Also because it has not spread they can remove it all at one time, without suing strong drugs or the harmful effects of radiation.

My Decision

1.
radiation therapy
Radiation therapy uses a radiation machine that emits x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.

surgery
Surgery is a common treatment for skin cancer -- used about 90 percent of the time

biological therapy (sometimes called biological response modifier (BRM) therapy, or immunotherapy)
Biological therapy tries to get your own body to fight cancer by using materials made by your own body, or made in a laboratory, to boost, direct, or restore your body's natural defenses against disease.

2. I think the simple excision surgery would be best for Bill. Because, the cancer has not yet spread to other parts of his body. Also during this procedure they remove some healthy skin around the site too just in case it did happen to leave some active cites behind.

Assignment 2 - What should Bill do?

1.Three Treatments

surgery
Surgery is a common treatment for skin cancer -- used about 90 percent of the time, and often includes the following procedures:

• cryosurgery - freezing the tumor, which kills cancer cells.
  
  
• electrodesiccation and curettage - burning the lesion and removing it with a sharp instrument.
  
  
• grafting - uses a skin graft to replace skin that is damaged when cancer is removed.
  
  
• laser therapy - using a narrow beam of light to remove cancer cells.
  
  

• Mohs micrographic surgery - removing the cancer and as little normal tissue as possible. During this surgery, the physician removes the cancer and then uses a microscope to look at the cancerous area to make sure no cancer cells remain.
  
  

• simple excision - cutting the cancer from the skin along with some of the healthy tissue around it.

radiation therapy
Radiation therapy uses a radiation machine that emits x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.

chemotherapy

treatment with drugs to destroy cancer cells.

topical chemotherapy - chemotherapy given as a cream or lotion placed on the skin to kill cancer cells.

systemic chemotherapy - chemotherapy taken by pill, or needle injection into a vein or muscle.

2. Which should Bill choose?

In my opinion, i believe Bill should start with the surgery to remove his skin cancer. It is used 90% of the time and is safer than most other treatments which proves it is the most efficient. There are even six different steps to ensure Bill that the cancer can be fully removed. Most of the treatments range from 5 minutes to 200 minutes to complete the procedure. Bill's cancer hasn't spread throughout the entire body so i believe it is safer to follow through with getting surgery on the tumor.

Skin Cancer Case part 2

Bill has a few options for his cancer treatment.

• Radiation Therapy: doctors use a type of energy to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
• Surgery: The doctor could just remove the tumor as long as it hasn't spread and even if it did nthey could do further treatment after that.
  
• Chemotherapy: doctors use chemicals to kill the cancer cells even if the cells have spread far away from the original area.

In my opinion i think they should just remove the cancerous tumor with surgery just because it hasn't spread to any other part of the body. If they found that it did spread i would suggest chemotherapy because many people have used it with success. It could kill whatever cancer cells have spread.

Melanoma Part II

1. Treatments:
Surgical Removal- involves removal of affected skin and is most effective treatment
Radiation Therapy- uses high-dose x-rays to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors
Chemotherapy- involves the use of medicine to destroy cancer cells

2. I think the best treatment for Bill would be surgical removal because it has been proven to be the most effective treatment. Also, the entire melanoma along with the border of normal-appering skin is removed to make sure it is all gone. Surgical removal can cure melanoma in the first two stages of cancer, and also in stage III if the lymph nodes are removed.

Skin Cancer Assignment

How is it treated?
The treatment plan takes into account the type of melanoma, its location, whether it has begun to spread, and the person's age and health. The standard treatments are:

• Surgery - remove the melanoma and a ring of tissue around it (to make sure no cancer cells were missed).
• Chemotherapy - to kill cancer cells that have spread throughout the body.
• Immunotherapy - interferon-alfa and interleukin-2 may be given to help the body's immune system prevent a recurrence of the melanoma.
• Radiation therapy - to kill cancer cells that may have spread beyond the tumor.

I think the treatment for Bill is

• Surgery because it removes the cancer cells and stops from spreading throughout the body.