Causes
Facts
Melanoma
Prevention
True or False
100
Exposure to the suns ultraviolet rays
What is the major cause skin cancer
100
3.3 million people.
How many people in the U.S. cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are treated more?
100
200 people or more.
How many people die from melanoma each year in massachuettes?
100
Its warmth and light can relax us and boost our spirits. But the benefits come with a dangerous trade off.
Why do most people like to get a little sun.
100
Is melanoma the most deadly type
What is true
200
manufactured ultraviolet rays
What is a tanning salon
200
breast, prostate, lung and colon.
What combined number of cancers are still less than diagnosed skin cancers
200
15-29 years old
What age do people get melanoma the most?
200
10 AM and 4 PM
What if the sun's rays are usually strongest. If you're outside, head under a pavilion roof or leafy tree - or carry a sun umbrella for like in minutes?
200
skin cancer can be prevented with less exposure to the sun
What is true
300
Basal Cell Skin Cancer
What is usually caused by a combination of cumulative and intense sun exposure.
300
90%
What percentage of skin cancer is caused by sun exposure?
300
1. surgery 2. radiation therapy
What can you do to treat melanoma ?
300
Whether you acquire it on the beach or in a salon.
What is avoiding tanning
300
using sunscreen everyday will help you prevent from skin cancer developing.
what is false
400
these skin lesions are sometimes precancerous
What are skin moles
400
Melonoma, basal cell,cell carcinoma
What are the 3 types of skin cancer ?
400
1. sore that doesn't heal 2. change in sensation-itchiness tenderness or pain 3. change in the mole-scaliness,oozing ,bleeding or the apperance bumps.
What are the symptoms of melanoma?
400
An infant's skin possesses little melanin, the pigment that gives color to skin, hair and eyes and provides some sun protection.
Why do infants need to stay out of the sun
400
does everybody die from the same skin cancer
what is false?
500
Squamous cell carcinoma
What is an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that look like scaly red patches, open sores, elevated growths
500
Australia
What country has the highest rate of skin cancer?
500
Southwest
What part of the Unites States has the highest rate of skin cancer
500
clothing that is densely woven or bright
What types of clothing will protect you from the sun
500
can most skin cancer can be cured?
what is true