This week's artwork was donated by Dathan, a pediatric cancer patient who received treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia .
Lesions develop as hard, non-mobile nodules, plaque formations, and ulcerating wounds.
With the exception of melanomatous lesions, cutaneous metastases rarely affect extremities. Other assessments relate to signs and symptoms of infection, pain, and tenderness. Factors that affect healing, concurrent disease, vascular effects of previous therapy, nutritional status, and immunosuppressive therapy are variables to incorporate into the management scheme. When primary cancer spreads to the skin. Nursing care of ulcerating metastatic lesions.