Skin cancer is a malignant growth of epithelial cells that poses a serious threat to people’s health worldwide.

Unfortunately, the number of patients with this diagnosis is rising steadily every year.

At the same time, skin cancer is one of the tumours that are relatively easy to see and lend themselves to early detection and prompt treatment, and therefore to the most favourable prognosis.

Skin cancer has no single cause; most often a combination of factors is involved:

  • Use of solariums
  • Tanning
  • Intensive tanning
  • Congenital naevi
  • Hereditary predisposition
  • Disorders of the endocrine system, particularly thyroid disease
  • Skin injuries, birthmarks and moles
  • Increased sensitivity to ultraviolet light
  • Age: the risk of skin cancer increases with every year
  • Skin phototypes 1 and 2: people with fair skin, blond or red hair, blue or grey eyes and freckles.

Each type of skin cancer has specific symptoms, but all share the following:

  • Dull pain, which may worsen under pressure
  • Burning and itching
  • Bleeding and ulcers
  • Changes in skin colour
  • Pain and enlargement of the lymph nodes near the tumour
  • Thickening of an area of skin

The treatment method is chosen according to the location of the growth, its type and its stage.

Most often, surgery is performed to remove the tumour together with adjacent skin up to 2 cm wide.

If the lymph nodes are affected, they are removed.

Innovative technologies for detecting and treating cancer are used in Swiss medical practice. This also applies to pharmacological developments. The medicines used in chemotherapy and radiotherapy actively combat malignant tumours with the least possible impact on other organs and systems.

The advantages of turning to Swiss medical institutions:

  • Complete care of the patient at every stage of treatment by the same doctor, who works closely with the patient throughout;
  • All treatment programmes, including diagnostics and rehabilitation, can be completed at the clinic;
  • For the surgical removal of tumours, minimally invasive procedures using precise robotic technology are always preferred;
  • Swiss pharmaceutical companies regularly improve their products, and clinics obtain them without mark-ups, which directly affects the final cost of cancer treatment in Switzerland;
  • Radiotherapy is available on an outpatient or inpatient basis in specially equipped, comfortable rooms;
  • Exceptional care for patients.

The most innovative cancer treatment technologies, with impressive results:

  • Targeted therapy;
  • Immunotherapy;
  • Gene and proton therapy;
  • Tomotherapy;
  • Surgical robots (the da Vinci system).

The guiding principle of Swiss clinics is an individual approach to treatment. Swiss cancer centres are always ready to welcome patients from anywhere in the world and to begin treatment immediately.

The earlier the decision is made, the more effective the result, especially with a disease such as skin cancer.