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What is Nodular Melanoma?
Thriving — not just surviving — begins with knowing vital information about your disease and the available treatment options.
Nodular melanoma is a rare and dangerous form of skin cancer. Out of the four primary types of melanoma skin cancer, nodular melanoma is the most aggressive. This fast-growing cancer can metastasize (spread) to other areas of the body quickly, and it often goes unnoticed.
What are the Signs of Nodular Melanoma?
Here at New Hope Unlimited, our innovative combination of conventional and alternative cancer treatments aim to address the symptoms of nodular melanoma, which can look like a mole, bug bite, or pimple. In most cases, it takes the form of a round black bump. White, blue, gray, tan, red, flesh-toned, tan, and pink are other colors a nodular melanoma can have.
These cancerous growths often appear on surfaces of the body that receive sunlight, such as the legs, torso, and head. Still, a mole or unusual growth can arise on any part of the body.
What Caused Your Skin Cancer?
The main cause of nodular melanoma is ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation from sunlight and tanning beds. Their rays can harm the skin’s DNA over the course of several years or even decades. However, not all nodular melanomas are a result of UV rays. The latter explains why this aggressive disease sometimes develops on sun-protected areas of the body.
Aside from excessive exposure to UVA and UVB, these factors may increase a person’s risk of having nodular melanoma:
- Having more than 50 moles
- Having a family history of melanoma
- Natural fair complexion
- Natural red or blonde hair
- Natural light-colored eyes
- Being 60 years old or older
How Do Doctors Diagnose Nodular Melanoma?
Early detection is your best chance at improving a nodular melanoma prognosis. To produce accurate findings, a diagnostician will examine the skin and gather individual and family medical histories. After examining the skin, he or she may ask:
- When you noticed the change in your skin
- Whether your skin abnormality has changed in appearance
- Whether the unusual growth has bled, been itchy, or painful
In the suspicion of skin cancer, a biopsy is often necessary. The next crucial step following a nodular melanoma diagnosis is to plan your treatment.
Choose New Hope Unlimited — Your Customized Cancer Treatment Provider
Because of its rarity and aggressive nature, addressing nodular melanoma may be challenging to other treatment centers. It demands a high level of competency and experience in managing fast-growing malignancies. Fortunately, our cancer care team specializes in an incredible range of safe, non-invasive treatment strategies that stimulate the regression of cancer. Contact us to schedule a consultation and learn more about your options.
Our Approach
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Patient SatisfactionOur Patient-Centric Medical Facilities
At New Hope Unlimited, we pride ourselves in providing superior comfort, cleanliness, and cancer care at our 8,000 square foot medical treatment center in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. We worked with renowned architects and contractors to create the ideal space for recovery, which includes state-of-the-art lounge areas and spacious private in-rooms that assure the comfort of our patients and their loved ones.
To make our patients feel right at home, we equip each private ward with high-definition U.S. television, quality bedding, and high-speed internet connection. And with proper nutrition playing a vital role in cancer recovery, New Hope Unlimited also fulfills the dietary needs of each patient using fresh, organic produce to prepare breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners.
Comfort and cleanliness are also strictly implemented in our medical treatment rooms, which are equipped with the latest medical supplies and technology to provide the highest standard of care and treatment. Our medical center also has an in-house Hyperbaric Chamber, a well-established therapy for decompression sickness, exclusively available for our patients’ use.
Further, New Hope Unlimited has maintained its exceptional partnership with Hospital Migoo, a medical group composed of certified physicians and specialists committed to our patients’ care and well-being.
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FAQs
1. How common is nodular melanoma?
Approximately 15 percent of all melanomas are nodular. Despite the relatively low percentage, it is still responsible for almost half of melanoma-related deaths. Therefore, you need to know the signs. If diagnosed early, our doctors may be able to treat it.
2. What specific treatments does New Hope Unlimited offer?
The medical experts at New Hope Unlimited have dedicated decades into researching harmless alternatives to conventional cancer care. From live cell therapy to botanical medicine, click here to read about the alternative nodular melanoma treatments you may receive.
