skin+cancer+effects-simone

 There are a few symptoms of skin cancer. Some types of skin cancer, like Basal cell cancer, can cause small lumps to grow on sun exposed skin, like your face, neck, arms, and back. Lumps can turn out to be: -firm and red -crusty and scaly -itchy -bleeding at times -showing signs of healing, but never does -waxy
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When you get skin cancer, your moles/freckles also change. To check for signs of melanoma, use the ABCDE rule: A: Symmetry B: Border C: Color D: Diameter E: Evolving

Below is an example of what ABCD would look like. E just means that the spot is constantly growing. You can also see the difference between a normal mole and a cancerous mole in the image below.



After reading this page, here is a small quiz to review on what you read.

1) In the ABCDE rule, B stands for... a. Bigger b. Border c. Bumpy

2) In the ABCDE rule, D stands for... a. Diameter b. Darkness c. Distance

Check your answers: 1) b 2) a


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