1. BE SUN SMART!!!
Sidney B. Smith, MD, FAAD

3. Goals of Today’s Presentation
Learn more about Moles
Learn more about Skin Cancer!
Learn more about Skin Cancer Treatments!
Learn about Sun Block!!
Learn how to BE SUN SMART!!!

4. Pre-Presentation Quiz
What is the most common type of cancer?
Breast?
Lung?
Prostate?
Colon?
Skin?

5. Pre-Presentation Quiz
What is the most common type of skin cancer?
What is the most dangerous type of skin cancer?

6. Pre-Presentation Quiz
Are all Sun Blocks equal?
How do I choose a Good Sun Block?
“I hear it
causes cancer.”

7. Pre-Presentation Quiz
How can I and my family BE SUN SMART!!!?

8. Skin Facts Skin is the largest organ in the body
16% of the total weight
3 layers:
epidermis - keratinocytes, melanocytes, Langerhans cells
dermis - nerve cells, blood vessels,connective tissue
subcutaneous fat - fat cells

10. Skin Cancer Facts 3-5 million new cases of skin cancers every year
It is estimated that more than 8,500 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with skin cancer every day.
Over one skin cancer death per hour in the United States
Skin cancers kill more women in their late 20s and early 30s than breast cancer

12. Skin Cancer Facts
Sun causes at least 90% of all skin cancers

15. Skin Cancer Facts
the incidence of malignant melanoma is increasing at a rate faster than that of any other cancer
nearly doubled in the last decade
Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common cancer

16. Skin Cancer Facts
One blistering sunburn will double a person’s chance of developing skin cancer
Experiencing five or more blistering sunburns between ages 15 and 20 increases one’s melanoma risk by 80 percent and nonmelanoma skin cancer risk by 68 percent.

17. Sun Facts Sun damage is cumulative no such thing as a “healthy tan”
80% of the sun’s UVR pass through the clouds (even on cloudy days)
17% of UVR is reflected from sand
80% of UVR is reflected from snow
UV damage also intensified by:
Windburn, high elevations, heat, humidity, wind, etc.