Malignant melanoma

Malignant melanoma, also known as malignant melanomas originate in the epidermal melanocytes or nevus cancer. The disease can be seen at any age, more seen in middle-aged and older, women slightly outnumber men. Malignant melanoma is a rare malignant tumor, the incidence of the world prepared to have less than 1 year to 2 / 10 million population, but the annual incidence rate in Australia Kunshilanbang 16/10 million people. Very few black and Asian people contracting this disease. I plan to statistics for the Shanghai region 0.41/10 million people. Over the past that the disease is highly malignant tumor metastasis fast in recent years found that the degree of malignancy is not as high as previously believed, freckle-like moles melanoma, 5-year survival as high as 80% to 90%. Nodular melanoma in the transfer of patients received treatment before the 5-year survival rate of about 50% to 60%.

Traditional medicine knowledge of malignant melanoma of medical books dating back to 2000 years ago, "Canon of Medicine", particularly the late physician Jin Liu Juan child book "Ghost Juan-Zi Liu left side" and the Yuan-Fang Sui physician nest book The "all waiting on the source of the disease," a detailed account of both the "off gangrene" "sunspots" of the clinical manifestations, and malignant melanoma similar. Ming written by physicians "surgical authentic" documents the inside and outside of the disease combined treatment. Traditional medicine on the treatment of malignant melanoma has accumulated rich experience, and the effect of stable, less adverse reactions; to relieve suffering and prolong survival time and improve the quality of life have a greater advantage.

Malignant melanoma of different titles in traditional Chinese medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, attributed to medicine called "sunspots", "black boil" "off gangrene," "Calendar gangrene" and other areas.