Iyini i-melanoma... izimpawu zayo... kanye nezimbangela ezibaluleke kakhulu

 Kuwuhlobo lomdlavuza oluvela kumaseli aqukethe i-pigment pigment melanin ebangela umbala wesikhumba owaziwa ngokuthi ama-melanocytes. I-melanoma ivame ukwenzeka esikhumbeni, kodwa kuyaqabukela emlonyeni, emathunjini, nasemehlweni.

1. i-asymmetry
2. imiphetho engajwayelekile
3. umbala
4. Ububanzi obungaphezu kuka-6mm obukhulu kunosayizi werabha lepensela
5. ziphenduke ngokuhamba kwesikhathi
6.  I-Anorexia
7. Isicanucanu, ukuhlanza, ukukhathala.

1. Isici se-DNA ngaphakathi kwamaseli
2. Imisebe ye-UV evela emibhedeni yokushuka yandisa ingozi ye-melanoma
3. Kwezinye izimo, ufuzo kanye nokuba khona komdlavuza wesikhumba emndenini, ngiye ngabona izakhi zofuzo eziningana ezinesibopho sokwandisa ingozi yokuba nomdlavuza wesikhumba, ezinye izakhi zofuzo ezingavamile zimelela ingozi enkulu yokubangela umdlavuza wesikhumba.