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Kimlikheang Oukim

Bunleng Lim

Sengly Sor

Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers, afflicting more than two million Americans each year, a number that is rising rapidly. It is also the easiest to cure, if diagnosed and treated early. When allowed to progress, however, skin cancer can result in disfigurement and even death.

Each year there are more new cases of skin cancer than the combined incidence of cancers of the breast, prostate, lung and colon.

One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime.

Thank you for your attention!

What is Skin Cancer?

Skin cancer is a very common type of cancer which usually happens on people with light skin. Skin cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells. When a person is exposed to too much UV light, it causes the mutation and skin cells multiply and create deadly tumor.

Content

  • What is Skin Cancer?
  • Cause of Skin Cancer
  • Effects of Skin Cancer
  • Prevention
  • Treatment of Skin Cancer
  • Facts about Skin Cancer

What causes skin cancer?

Skin Cancer

Who's at risk of having this cancer?

Effects Of Skin Cancer

  • Light or fair complexion, especially blonde, red or light-brown hair and blue, green or gray eyed individuals. Dark skinned individuals may develop melanoma.
  • Those with an easy tendency to burn in the sun or tan little or not at all. Early history of bad sunburns or scars from previous burns.
  • Prolonged sun exposure - especially during childhood.
  • Early history of skin cancer.
  • More than normal number of moles (above 50 in number).
  • Those undergoing therapies like immunosuppressive therapy, photosensitive therapies etc.

Before that...

There are three types of skin cancer.

In other to prevent skin cancer,

follow this and you will have

slighter chance to get skin cancer.

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Prevention

These begin in parts of the skin that have been exposed to excessive harmful UV rays of the sun. These are slow-growing and rarely spread to other parts of the body. More than 90 percent of all skin cancers found in Americans are basal cell carcinomas.

  • Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Skin Cancer
  • Freezing
  • Laser Therapy
  • Mohs Therapy
  • Radiation Therapy
  • and others
  • Nutrition and Diet for Skin Cancer
  • Yervoy (ipilimumab), drug to treat the cancer
  • Skin Biopsy

Treatment

Squamous cell carcinoma

These are also seen in areas exposed to excessive sunlight. These can also be found on parts of the skin not exposed to the sun. This type sometimes spreads to other organs inside the body.

Other Facts

use sunscreen

Cover yourself!

Melanoma

This is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It commonly spreads to other major organs like liver, lungs, brain and bones. It is however much less common than the other types. Melanoma begins in melanocytes.

stay under shades

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