Australia is a country with a number of cases of melanoma or skin cancer is the most lethal of the highest in the world . For the research on skin cancer a top priority scientists there .
But what is surprising is the result of recent research that says most cases of melanoma in fact characterized by bumps that resemble pimples is actually more than the usual cancerous lesions .
According to experts , if bintilnya have the same size and shape over a long time, so it can be said that the nodule is not dangerous . But it is different when bintilnya suddenly appear quickly , Prof Kelly said it could be a form of inflammation such as acne .
" To watch if bintilnya red and grows progressively for over a month . This should be checked for fear of nodular melanoma , " advises Professor John Kelly of the Victorian Melanoma Service, as quoted by ABC Australia , Wednesday ( 21/05/2014 ) .
Other symptoms include a lump that forms like moles that are not so easy on the eyes and / or the shape and color changing .
At least Prof Kelly also had a surefire way to reduce the number of deaths from skin cancer in Australia . First , both doctors and patients should be aware of the various spots or bumps on the body . Especially growing rapidly and is often overlooked because it is just a mole or pimple .
Yet according to Professor Kelly, although nodular melanoma is only responsible for 15 percent of cases of malignant skin cancer, but death from melanoma at 50 percent.
"Usually the doctor mistakenly detect his spot. Primary reason is the lack of pigmentation, so that the doctor failed to recognize the shape turns out to be melanoma symptoms," he said.
Moreover, acne-like spots that tend to grow very quickly, even usually reaches four times the size of the usual symptoms of skin cancer.
"There is one important feature of this spot, at least they can detect changes in a few months," he added. Prof Kelly added risk of skin cancer is usually much more haunting white people, and the risk tends to increase with age.
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