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=RESEARCH = =QUESTION: = || ==What are the causes of skin cancer? == ||
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|| Causes of Skin Cancer || Record only important info -The DNA in skin cells gets damaged from ultraviolet light in sunlight. -Most skin damage from ultraviolet ray exposure happens before age 20. -There are three types ultraviolet light: -Both UVA and UVB can increase the chance of getting skin cancer. -Young adults and children who have had prolonged exposure to the sun have the highest chance of forming skin cancer, but it does not show up until later in life at about age 40, or sometimes not even until their 60's or 70's. -Frequent overexposure to certain chemicals can cause skin cancer: -Your natural skin color can affect the protection you have against skin cancer. For example, people with fair skin, light colored hair and eyes, or people that burn easily, have a higher risk of obtaining skin cancer. This is because fair colored skin has less melanin, a protective pigment. Darker skinned people have a lower risk of getting skin cancer, but are still at risk. -Albinism, an inherited genetic trait, is a condition where the skin doesn't make any melanin. Albino people, who have very light colored skin and hair, are at a higher risk of getting skin cancer, because their skin doesn't have any natural protection against the sun. -Sunbeds give harmful UV rays to your body which destroys the DNA in our skin-cells and increases the risk of getting skin cancer. It is estimated that sunbeds cause around 100 deaths from melanoma every year in the UK. Sunbeds aren't a safe alternative to tanning outdoors. Like the sun, sunbeds give out harmful UV rays which damage the DNA in our skin cells and can cause [|skin cancer]. In fact, sunbeds are estimated to cause around 100 deaths from [|melanoma] every year in the UK. || Ideas, reactions to information ||
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || - Ultraviolet light  from the sun is the most common cause for skin cancer. Ultraviolet light is not visible, but is a major factor in sunlight.
 * Most of our natural sun light is made up of UVA. UVA causes skin aging.
 * UVB is what causes sunburnt skin. It is usually the cause of non melanoma skin cancer.
 * UVC is light that cannot reach us because of the earth's ozone layer.
 * coal tar
 * soot
 * pitch
 * asphalt
 * creosotes
 * paraffin waxes
 * petroleum derivatives
 * hair dyes
 * cutting oils
 * arsenic
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Images/video to support this || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Sunbeds are not a safer choice to tanning outdoors. They are very harmful to our bodies.

=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">QUESTION: = || ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What are the symptoms of skin cancer? == || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Symptoms of Skin Cancer
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Cancertype/Skin/Causesdiagnosis/Symptoms ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Try to find a short effective quote || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">There are a few symptoms of skin cancer.

Skin cancer (like Basal cell cancer) can cause small lumps to grow on sun-exposed skin, mostly your face.

Here are some symptoms of it: -firm, red lumps -lumps can develop a crust on it and become scaly -itchy lumps -lumps sometimes bleed -shows signs of healing, but it never heals -looks waxy You can check for signs of melamona with the ABCDE rule: A: asymmetry B: Border C: Color D: Diameter E: Evolving ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Images/video to support this || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A picture of a lump caused by Basal cell cancer compared to a normal mole.

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=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">QUESTION: = || ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What can you do to prevent skin cancer ?== || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> || [] || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Prevention of Skin Cancer || -Try limit your exposure to the sun by staying inside from 10AM-4PM, the time when the sun is the strongest. -When you are in the sun, use sunscreen of at least SPF 15 -Cover as much of your skin as you can by wearing hats, long sleeves, etc--especially if you burn easily -Don't use tanning beds, because you have eight times the risk of getting melanoma if you use tanning beds often. Every year, nearly 2.3 million American teenagers visit tanning salons. -Check for moles on your body regularly, especially places on your body that get a lot of sun exposure. Also, try to keep record of where your mole's are, and their size, shape, and color. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/skin_stuff/melanoma.html
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Try to find a short effective quote || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Although you cannot control some things that affect your risk of getting skin cancer, like your skin's color or if you have a gene that causes skin cancer. However, there are a lot of ways you can protect yourself from getting skin cancer. Here are a few ways:
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=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">QUESTION: = || ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What is the treatment for skin cancer? == || http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=4361#main || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Treatment for Skin Cancer || -the cancer type -the size of the cancer -the location of the cancer -the stage of the cancer (how much it has grown)
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/skin_stuff/melanoma.html
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Try to find a short effective quote || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Different cases of skin cancer needs different treatment. What type of treatement you recieve depends on:

Here are some ways that you can treat skin cancer: -In most cases of melanoma, surgery will sucessfully remove the lesion. Surgery is minor in most cases. -If the cancer has spread to other parts of your body, radiation, where high-energy x-rays are aimed at tumors, or chemotherapy, when drugs are used to fight cancer, can be used to treat the skin cancer. -Radiotherapy can be used after surgery to reduce the risk of getting the cancer again. || ||
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=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">QUESTION: = || ==<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How can you self-examine yourself to check for skin cancer? == || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Self-Examination for Skin Cancer ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://www.skincancer.org/Self-Examination/ ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Try to find a short effective quote || Detecting skin cancer earlier on can be very helpful. In fact, it could even save your life. So, this page is here to teach you how to do a self-examination for skin cancer. You only have to do this easy self-examination once a month and it will only take about ten minutes.

Step 1: Examine your face and head using a mirror. To check your scalp, use a blow-dryer.

Step 2: Check your nails and hands. Also, examine your elbows, arms, and underarms in a full-length mirror.

Step 3: Check for spots on your neck, breast, chest and torso.

Step 4: Use a mirror to inspect your backside. Examine the back of your neck, shoulders, upper arms, back, butt, and legs.

Step 5: Check your legs and feet (soles, heels, and nails too) by sitting down. ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Images/video to support this || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.skincancer.org/images/stories/scillus5.gif]]. [[image:http://www.skincancer.org/images/stories/scillus3.gif]][[image:http://www.skincancer.org/images/stories/scillus1.gif]][[image:http://www.skincancer.org/images/stories/scillus2.gif]][[image:http://www.skincancer.org/images/stories/scillus4.gif]] ||


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