my mom has skin cancer all over her body can it spread to her insides?
My mom still smokes alot ,she is 64 and goes tanning also.
I'm assuming you know she has "skin cancers all over" because a doctor diagnosed them and the same doctor needs to be aware of her smoking and tanning habits - it should have been obvious to the doctor - so I'll also assume if she saw a doctor she was told that both habits are putting her in a very dangerous situation and she is choosing to forgo the wisdom of stopping both - maybe you can help her.
Melanomas are the ones we most worry about in terms of risk of metastasis or spread to organs inside the body and in terms of a high death rate if not treated early. Again,she would know if that was the diagnosis. Today's news tell us though, that even non-melanoma skin cancers are worrisome because they can mean a risk for other cancers elsewhere in the body. Non-melanoma skin cancers can also grow deep in to tissue and disfigure the body - especially the face.
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