Skin cancer information
Symptoms of Skin cancer
Treatment
Prevention
How does skin cancer begin
100

What does Skin cancer start out as?

What are new, unusual spot, or changing mole on the skin?

100

What is actinic keratosis?

What is a rough, dry, scaly patches that can look like dandruff on the skin and can develop into squamous cell 

100

What might you apply to your skin if you have skin cancer?

What is skin cream?

100

What do you avoid while outside?

What is being in the sun for long periods of time?

100

How do MOST skin cancers begin?

What is skin that gets a lot of sunlight?

200

What skin disorder often presents as a firm, red nodule, a rough, scaly patch, or a sore that heals and then re-opens? 

What is squamous cell carcinoma?

200

What may stick around for a while that indicates skin cancer?

What is a sore on your skin that wont heal?

200

what kind of therapy may treat your skin cancer through waves or energy beams?

What is radiation therapy?

200

What should you do while outside no matter the season?

What is wearing sunscreen?

200

Besides sunlight, how else might you get UV rays to cause skin cancer?

What are tanning beds?

300

What is the most dangerous kind of skin cancer?

What is melanoma?

300

what may happen to a mole or freckle indicating skin cancer?

What is growing bigger or darker?

300

What kind of therapy helps the immune system kill cancer cells?

What is Immunotherapy?

300

What kind of clothing should you wear to avoid the sun?

What is long sleeved clothing?

300

What might make you more prone to skin cancer?

What is a weakened immune system?
400

What skin disorder often appears as a shiny, pearly bump, a pinkish, slightly raised patch, or a translucent nodule that may have visible, tiny blood vessels.

What is basal cell carcinoma?

400

What symptom/feeling might you get with a skin growth indicating skin cancer?

What is itchiness or pain?

400

What might you get to have the cancer removed from your body?

What is surgery?

400

What other UV item should you avoid?

What are tanning beds?

400

What (DNA related) Might make you more prone to skin cancer?

What is having a history of skin cancer in your family?

500

When cancer spreads, what's it called?

What is metastatic cancer?

500

What may appear on your skin that indicates skin cancer?

What is a new growth that might look like a mole, a bump or a scab?

500

What kind of therapy uses IV medicine to treat skin cancer?

What is chemotherapy?

500

What should you do whenever you get the chance relating to healthcare?

What is checking your skin often and report changes to your healthcare team?

500

Where does skin cancer normally begin?

What is scalp, face, lips and ears?