can skin cancer affect other internal organs e.g lungs?

Question

i mean how ?

Answer 1

Yes, and also your brain-- cancers are spreadable diseases that usually affect more than one area and sometimes skin cancer (melanoma) is not the Primary site and can be the secondary site- meaning the cancer started somewhere else in your body and your skin cancer is just the metastasized or spreaded cancer.

Answer 2

If left untreated, a diagnosis of skin cancer is cause for concern. There is advanced treatments that can stop a Squamous or the very serious melanoma from spreading, however time is always of the essence! There is a 99% cure rate by the Mohs or micrographic surgeon. This is usually used as a precise means of removal. Yearly skin exams and keeping pictures and notations of changes in moles or growths are the best prevention for the more serious melanoma. Many cells that we cannot see below the surface of the skin can form roots of diseased tissue that can extend beyond the visible cancer. Spreading usually networks through the lymphatic systems unless allowed to grow to a nearby organ.

Answer 3

Lymphoma can present anywhere, normal lymphocytes - blood cells that provide immune defense - are found. N - lymph nodes H - liver (hepatic) L - lung (not shown) B - bone marrow S - spleen P - pleura (lung lining - not shown) O - bone D - skin M - mucos at linings- nose, stomach, eyes, etc Lymphoma is not one cancer, but a name for a group of related cancers that arise when a Lymphocyte (an immune cell) becomes malignant. When a lymphocyte becomes malignant it's biologic behaviour is arrested at its stage of development. Lymphomas cells may grown too fast or fail to die, and accumulate to form tumours in the body, most commonly in the lymphatic system - the network of lymph nodes and channels that filter blood Picture courtesy Patients against Lymphoma As Lymphoma is caused by cancerous lymphocytes it generally effects body regions where these cells are found The lymphatic system protects our body from infection Lymph vessels are thin tubes that branch into all parts of the body. They carry fluid derived from a body region back to small bean shaped structures called lymph nodes Lymph nodes function like an army barracks, when an enemy is detected the troops (lymphocytes) are rallied and sent forth to find and destroy the foe Besides lymph nodes and lymph vessels a number of other organs have a large population of lymphocytes Thus the body region effected by lymphoma is not as easy to visualise as when someone is told they have brain or bowel cancer

Answer 4

In melanoma, the most dangerous of the skin cancers, daughter cells spread throughout the body, and cancers erupt whereever they land. Transfer is done either thru the lymph system or by blood. Other types of skin cancers -- squamous cell carcinoma-- simply erode into normal tissue

Answer 5

Skin cancer can spread to other areas of your body, that is why it is so important to watch changes in your skin. It is usually the fact that it has moved to other parts of you body that it kills you.

Answer 6

No skin cancer will not spread to lungs

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

Cancer is a whole body thing.

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