Skin Cancer
Causation
Prevention
Fun Facts
Harder Questions
100

Most common type of skin cancer?

What is basal cell carcinoma?

100

What is the leading cause of skin cancer?

What is the Sun?

100

What is the best skin cancer prevention method?

What is staying away/protecting yourself from the sun?

100

Is chemical or mineral sunscreen better?

What is mineral?

100

What does spf mean?

What is sun protection factor?

200

Most deadly type of skin cancer?

What is melanoma?

200

What is something, other than the sun, that has UV rays and causes skin cancer?

What are tanning beds?
200

How much spf should be applied daily?

What is 30spf?

200

Other than the surface of the skin, where else is squamous cell carcinomas also known to be found?

What is in the lungs, or in the mouth?

200

What cells do melanoma effect?

What is melanocytes?
300

This color hair and eyes are more susceptible to skin cancer:

What is blonde hair and blue eyes?

300

Are men or women more susceptible to skin cancer?

What is men?

300

What does the D represent in the ABCDE detection method?

What is diameter?

300

What is another way to describe mineral sunscreen?

What is physical sunscreen?

300

What layer of skin are Basal and Squamous cell carcinomas most found in?

What is the epidermis?

400
About what percentage of people in the US develop skin cancer at least once?

What is 20%?

400

What UV rays are most fatal?

What is UVA rays?

400

Mineral Sunscreen is best described as:

What is uses zinc oxide and titanium dioxide to form a barrier on the skin that reflects UV rays?

400

How often does sunscreen expire?

What is about every 3 years?
400

How often should sunscreen be reapplied in how much time, and how much?

What is 2 tablespoons of sunscreen and reapply every 30 minutes while in the sun.

500

What is the 10-year survival rate of skin cancer?

What is about 95%?
500

What time of day is UV the highest?

What is 11am?

500

What does a "broad spectrum" sunscreen do?

What is Protects the skin from UVA and UVB rays?

500
What is the rarest type of skin cancer?
What is Merkel cell carcinoma?
500

What vitamin is most linked to preventing skin cancer?

What is vitamin A?