1. UNCONTROLLED CELL DIVISION
Skin CANCER
ENVIRONMENTAL
DIET
HEREDITY
VIRUSES
IDIOPATHIC (UNKNOWN)
UNCONTROLLED CELL DIVISION
OVER 100 DIFFERENT TYPES
CAUSES

2. 7 WARNING SIGNS C HANGE IN BOWEL OR BLADDER HABITS
A SORE THAT DOES NOT HEAL
U NUSUAL BLEEDING OR DISCHARGE
T HICKENING OR LUMP IN BREAST OR ELSEWHERE
I NDIGESTION OR DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING
O BVIOUS CHANGE IN WART OR MOLE
N AGGING COUGH OR HOARSENESS

3. SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
TYPES OF SKIN CANCER
BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
MALIGNANT MELANOMA

4. BASAL CELL CARCINOMA IN 99% OF THE CASES SURGERY IS THE CURE
THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF SKIN CANCER
OCCURS MOST OFTEN ON THE SUN-EXPOSED AREAS OF THE FACE.
ARE SHINY DOME-SHAPED NODULES.
IN 99% OF THE CASES SURGERY IS THE CURE

5. SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
OCCURS MOST OFTEN ON SCALP, EARS AND LOWER LIP.
GROWS RAPIDLY & WILL METASTASIZE IF NOT REMOVED.

6. MALIGNANT MELANOMA
ORIGINATES IN THE MELANOCYTES LOCATED IN THE BASAL LAYER.
MELANOCYTES PRODUCE MELANIN, THE PIGMENT IN YOUR SKIN.
THE MOST DEADLY
SPREADS RAPIDLY

7. ABCD RULE OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA
ASYMETRY
THE TWO SIDES DO NOT MATCH

8. BORDER IRREGULARITY
THE EDGES ARE JAGGED.

9. THE COLOR IS NOT UNIFORM.

10. THE SPOT IS LARGER THAN 6 MM IN DIAMETER.

11. TREATMENTS RADIATION THERAPY: TREATMENT OF CANCER USING X-RAYS.
CHEMOTHERAPY: TREATMENT OF CANCER USING CHEMICAL AGENTS.

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Dear 16 year old me