Principles of treatment and care for melanoma

  Melanoma refers to malignant tumors that originate from melanocytes in pigmented areas of the skin, mucous membranes, eyes and central nervous system. Unlike lung and liver cancer, but the most impactful cancer worldwide, melanoma is the number one cancer in the United States.  Principles of melanoma treatment The methods of melanoma include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and herbal treatment. Different treatment methods are selected according to the location of the primary focus, the depth and extent of lesion infiltration, the status of lymph node metastasis and the clinical stage. Melanoma has a higher rate of recurrence and metastasis than other cancers, and surgery alone is almost impossible. Radiotherapy is definitely necessary, and together with traditional Chinese medicine is currently considered the best comprehensive treatment. Ginsenoside Rh2 with 16.2% content as a modern anti-cancer Chinese medicine has been commonly circulated in the oncology community and has a hand in the treatment of melanoma. It can be used for symptomatic treatment, effectively inhibit cancer cell proliferation, prevent recurrence and metastasis, and strongly capture the characteristics of melanoma to control the disease, thus improving the success rate of surgery.  Melanoma care principle I. Post-operative care, 1-2 days after surgery, we should eat high protein, high vitamin and other nutritious liquid and semi-liquid food, avoid eating hard food and reduce chewing muscle movement to help wound healing, and eat more vegetables with high fiber content, such as celery and leek, and eat more fruits to promote intestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation. If postoperative patients have a loss of appetite, they can appropriately cooperate with the regulation of traditional Chinese medicine, so as to improve appetite, help absorption and improve the physical function of patients.  Second, during radiotherapy care, food should not be too hot to reduce diarrhea, eat less sweets and fiber-rich foods to reduce abdominal pain and bloating. Eat more potatoes, oranges, peaches, apricots and other potassium-rich foods; hydrate more, generally boiled water, light tea is appropriate, should not drink coffee, strong tea and alcohol, etc.; when nausea and vomiting occur, should take a short break; between treatment, encourage patients to walk outside, breathe fresh air, do suitable exercises, such as Tai Chi, etc.  Third, in daily life, try to avoid sunlight and use shading screens for shading to prevent deterioration and recurrence of metastasis; review and treat more often; use less physical or chemical stimulants to stimulate the mole to prevent recurrence. Keep your mouth clean, make the habit of brushing your teeth in the morning and evening, rinse your mouth after meals, use soft toothbrushes during treatment, do not use toothpicks to pick your teeth, do not eat overly hot, rough, thorny or irritating food to avoid causing small damage to your mouth, etc.  The family members should popularize the knowledge about melanoma to the patients, so that they can really overcome the fear psychologically and actively cooperate with the treatment, as the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles. At the same time, family members should care more and support more, eliminate the patient’s black emotions, maintain an optimistic and positive attitude, attitude is one of the important factors in the treatment of melanoma.  Melanoma comes and goes suddenly. When you have melanoma, treatment is obviously essential, but at the same time, care is also indispensable. Compared with other tumors, melanoma care is especially important. To defeat melanoma and rebuild a better life, it is important to have good treatment and care.