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Skin Cancer
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month
• In our society tan skin is considered to be beautiful and healthy
• Many people spend many hours and a lot of money to achieve that
perfect tan.
• What they don’t realize is that the perfect tan will only last for a
short time, but the damage done will be life long.
• Next time you think you want that tan - think about the pictures
you see in this slide show and ask yourself:
IS IT REALLY WORTH IT?
Skin Cancer
• Skin cancer is the most
common form of cancer in
the United States
• Skin cancer cells that move
to other organs in the body
becomes life threatening
• There are several different
types of skin cancer:
– the two most common
are called
• basal cell
• squamous cell
carcinomas
– the most dangerous
form is called
• melanoma
Basal Cell Skin Cancer on the Face
Squamous Cell Carcinomas on the
Hand and Foot
Melanoma on the Face and Eye
Statistics About Skin Cancer
• 53,919 people in the US
were diagnosed with
melanomas.
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30,560 men
23,359 women
50,518 whites
1068 Hispanics
311 blacks
170 Asian/Pacific Islanders
91 American
Indians/Alaska natives
What group(s) do
you fit in?
Risk Factors for Skin Cancer
• Exposure to ultraviolet light
– This includes the sun, tanning beds, and tanning lamps
Risk Factors for Skin Cancer
• Family history of
skin cancer
Risk Factors for Skin Cancer
• History of sunburns - especially early in life
Risk Factors for Skin Cancer
• Skin that burns, freckles, reddens easily, in the sun
Risk Factors for Skin Cancer
• Blonde or red hair
– Although blonde and red haired people have a higher risk, anyone can
get skin cancer not matter what the hair color.
Risk Factors for Skin Cancer
• Blue or green eyes:
– Like hair color – eye color
only increases the chances.
– Anyone no matter what
their eye color is can get
skin cancer
Risk Factors for Skin Cancer
• Certain types and large number of moles
Symptoms of Skin Cancer
• It's so important to get
to know your skin very
well and to recognize
any changes.
• Look for the ABCDEs of
melanoma
• If you see one or more,
make an appointment
with a physician
immediately.
ABCDE Symptoms
• Asymmetry: one half of the
abnormal skin area is
different than the other half
– If you draw a line through
this mole, the two halves
will not match.
Asymmetry
• Symmetrical = Benign
• Asymmetrical = Malignant
ABCDE Symptoms
• Borders: irregular borders
– The borders of an
early melanoma tend
to be uneven.
– The edges may be
scalloped or notched.
Borders
• Border Even = Benign
• Border Uneven = Malignant
ABCDE Symptoms
• Color: varies from one area
to another with shades of
tan, brown, or black
(sometimes white, red, blue)
Color
• One Color = Benign
• Two or more colors =
Malignant
ABCDE Symptoms
• Diameter: usually (but not always) larger than 6 mm in size
(diameter of a pencil eraser)
Diameter
• Smaller than ¼ inch =
Benign
• Lager than ¼ inch =
Malignant
ABCDE Symptoms
• Elevation:
– Elevation means the
mole is raised above
the surface and has an
uneven surface.
How to Protect From Skin Cancer
• Use a sunscreen of SPF
15 or higher
• Apply to your entire
body 30 minutes before
going outside.
• Reapply every two
hours.
• Don’t forget your hands,
feet, and ears
How to Protect From Skin Cancer
• Seek the shade, especially
between 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.
– UV rays are at the
highest during these
times
How to Protect From Skin Cancer
• Do not burn!
– One sunburn in a lifetime doubles the chances of skin cancer
How to Protect From Skin Cancer
• Cover up with clothing, including a broad-brimmed hat and UVblocking sunglasses.
How to Protect From Skin Cancer
• Examine your skin head-totoe every month.
• Look for changes and
warning signs.
How to Protect From Skin Cancer
• See your physician every year for a professional skin exam.
Protection
• Avoid sun tanning and UV tanning booths.
Tanning Beds
• Nearly 30 million people in
the U.S. tan in tanning
salons every year.
• On average, that's more
than 1 million people a day
who are baking themselves
under tanning lamps.
• More than 70% of them are
Caucasian females aged 16
to 49 years.
Tanning Beds
• The younger you are when you start indoor tanning,
the greater your risk of melanoma.
• Your risk of melanoma increases by 75 percent if
you're exposed to tanning beds before the age of 35.
Tanning Beds
• Traditional tanning beds
and sun lamps typically
give off about three
times the UVA rays that
are emitted by the sun.
• New, high-pressure
sunlamps emit doses of
both UVA and UVB rays
that can be as much as
15 times that of the sun.
Tanning Beds
• Using a tanning bed more than 10 times a year made
people seven times more likely to develop malignant
melanoma than those who did not use tanning beds as
often .
• The risk of melanoma increases by 300% for those using tanning
beds occasionally.
• The risk of melanoma increases 800% for those using tanning beds
more than 10 times a year.
• The damage might not be seen immediately – just give it few years
• The FDA estimates that 38,000 people will be diagnosed with
melanoma this year in
• 7,300 people will die from this condition.
• A tan does not indicate good health.
• A tan is only a response to injury of the skin cells.
• Notice in the following pictures; most of the people are over
the age of 30.
• This is when the cancer was seen and diagnosed, but the
damage had been done several years earlier.
• So next time you want that perfect tan ask yourself:
IS IT WORTH IT?
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How beautiful is
that tan now?