Unit 3 Skin Project
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Overview of all aspects of squamous cell carcinoma.
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I'm Caroline Collins and my skin cancer presentation will be on squamous cell.
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Carcinoma.
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Squamous cell carcinoma is a type of cancer that is
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caused by a mutation in squamous cells in the skin.
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Uh squamous cells are found in epithelial tissue all over the body.
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But um this type is found in the dermis and epidermis of the skin and when they mutate,
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that's when the cancer is caused.
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Um,
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it's normally caused by repeated UV exposure like
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being in the sun too often getting sunburned,
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um
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tanning beds and things like that.
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Um In white people,
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it's normally found on areas that have already been sunburned multiple times like
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the nose. Um the upper ear hands
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and on people of color. It's more generally found on the genitalia.
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Um Common symptoms of squamous cell carcinoma are
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raised bumps on the skin that are persistent,
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uh also persistent, so sores, um especially if they have a scaly aspect to them.
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Um Patches of it can also be found around the mouth or inside the mouth on the lips.
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Um And genital warts on sores can also be squamous cell carcinoma.
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Uh It's normally diagnosed uh by a skin examination
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where then the doctor will skin biopsy it um by
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scraping off some of the skin and looking at it under a
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microscope to find out if the cells are cancerous or not.
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Um There are a few ways it can be treated. Uh One of those is cartage which
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the doctor scrapes off the uh outside of the skin where the cells are
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or they can use photodynamic therapy.
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Those are for uh less extreme cases, but um more extreme cases,
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they could do a simple excision where they cut out
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the entire part of the skin where the cancer is.
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And um on very extreme cases, they may need radiation or chemotherapy
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um to prevent squamous cell carcinoma.
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It's important to wear sunscreen um when outside daily
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um avoiding tanning beds and sun lamps, uh is also a very good way of preventing it
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um wearing dark clothes that will prevent the UV from reaching your skin.
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Also, it has been found that arsenic in water
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and is a possible cause of this type of cancer.
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So avoiding that as much as possible.
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Um and having a strong immune system in general
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um
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will help prevent cancer
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and getting uh frequent skin examinations will also help prevent um
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getting this kind of cancer or catching it early.
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Uh This is my work cited page.