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 * __ Treatment for Skin Cancer __**Different cases of skin cancer needs different treatment. What type of treatment you receive depends on the type of cancer you have, the size of the cancer, the location of the cancer, and the stage of the cancer or how much it has grown.

In most cases of melanoma, surgery will successfully remove the lesion. Surgery is minor in most cases. However, if the cancer has spread to other areas of your body, radiation, where high-energy x-rays are aimed at tumors, or chemotherapy, when drugs are used to fight cancer, can be used to treat the skin cancer. Radiotherapy can also be used after surgery to reduce the risk of getting skin cancer again.

Below is an image of a patient receiving radiotherapy.

In chemotherapy, many patients lose their hair, like the patient in the photo below.

After reading this page, here is a small quiz to review on what you read.

1) Which of the following is not something that affects the type of treatment you receive? a. the type of cancer you have b. the size of the cancer c. the color of the cancer

2) Which of the following best describes radiation? a. In radiation, surgery is used to remove lesions. b. In radiation, drugs are used to fight skin cancer. c. In radiation, high-energy x-rays are aimed at tumors.

Check your answers: 1) c 2) c


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