Teddi Mellencamp has been diagnosed 'Multiple' brain tumors that may have been caused by its aggressive skin cancer.
The Star Real Housewives of Beverly Hills revealed this week that several malignant masses were found in her brain after a few weeks of 'debilitating' headaches.
She said doctors believe that they have grown for at least six months.
The 43-year-old was diagnosed in 2022 with stadium two melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer that affects more than 100,000 Americans every year.
It is unclear whether the brain tumors came from its melanoma – that they had to remove 16 operations – or if it is a separate form of cancer, but experts have warned that melanoma is one of the cancers who probably spread to the brain.
Recent research even suggests that a maximum of seven out of 10 patients with aggressive melanoma can develop brain tumors.
Institutional tumors can mainly be removed because they can be in vital nerves and tissues that patients can seriously damage if they are damaged.
Experts have also warned that although all skin cancers look the same, melanoma stains may be irregularly shaped and uneven brown or black colored.
Signs of skin cancer vary from harmless to obvious, but experts warn that treating cases early is the key to ensure
Teddi Mellencamp has revealed that she will undergo surgery today after 'multiple' tumors have been found on her brain
Melanoma also increases in the US, who has blamed experts for the sunbags and climate change sun exposure.
Melanoma forms from melanocytes, cells that produce the pigment melanin, which gives skin and eyes their color.
With 104,000 Americans and the killing of 8,000, melanoma is good for eight in 10 deaths due to skin cancer in the US.
According to the Moffitt Cancer Center, Melanommolken tends to have a different shape, size or color than other mole on the body.
They can also be unevenly colored and have several shades of brown, brown or black, and can gradually change color or shape.
Melanoma stains are also often irregularly formed and do not form a perfect circle such as non-melanoma skin cancer.
People with lighter skin have the greatest risk of melanoma – with a chance of 33 – because they have less melanin in their skin, which helps protect against the UV rays of the sun.
It is so much more deadly than other forms of the disease because it can quickly spread over the skin and other parts of the body.
Mellecamp is shown above just before he goes to brain surgery this week
The image above shows the scars from Teddi Mellencamp by having parts of its skin cancer removed
Symptoms of melanoma spread to the brain, are headaches, face problems, attacks, paralysis on one side of the body, swollen lymph nodes, nausea, vomiting, weakness and fatigue, according to Moffitt Cancer Center.
Experts estimate that 40 to 70 percent of patients with advanced melanoma have spread the cancer to their brains.
Most patients survive only about four to five months after melanoma travels to the brain, experts estimate.
This can be because melanoma cells have certain genmutations that help them disturb the blood-brain barrier, a protective membrane between the blood and the brain, making it easy to cross the cells in brain tissues and nerve cells.
A 2022 study also showed that melanoma cells traveling to the brain can produce amyloid beta, a toxic protein that is linked to Alzheimer's disease and brain cancer such as glioblastoma.
Melanoma cells can also form their own blood vessels in other organs, including the brain, so that more nutrients can be supplied to tumors in those other areas.
People with skin cancer also have an increased risk of developing other, independent cancers that are not related to their original condition.
For example, melanoma is linked to a higher risk of new cancers that form in the chest, kidney and thyroid gland, including organs.
Basal cell carcinoma, usually a less deadly skin cancer, is associated with an increased risk of developing blood, breast, colon and prostate cancer.
