Skin Cancers

Multiple Choice

The most common risk factor for all skin cancers is…?

• long-term exposure to the sun (UV radiation)

• genetics

• your age

• your diet

Open Ended

Why is it important to do skin checks?

Multiple Choice

Tanning is ok, but sunburn is not.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Prolonged exposure to the sun can result in damage to the layers of skin that produce…?

• dermal papillae

• blood vessels

• simple squamous cells

• collagen & elastin fibers

Multiple Choice

This fast growing cancer occurs in the keratinocytes, resulting in papules that usually require surgical excision.

• basal cell carcinoma

• squamous cell carcinoma

• melanoma

Multiple Choice

This type of cancer is slow growing and impacts the dermis & hypodermis.  It is also the most common skin cancer.

• basal cell carcinoma

• squamous cell carcinoma

• melanoma

Multiple Choice

This highly metastatic cancer is the least common, but most aggressive.  It originates in the melanocytes and appears as brown or black irregular moles or patches.

• basal cell carcinoma

• squamous cell carcinoma

• melanoma

Open Ended

Choose one of the following common treatment options for skin cancers & discuss why you think it will be effective:

Surgical excision

Radiation therapy

Immunotherapy

Chemotherapy

Multiple Choice

If you use a tanning bed just once before the age of 35, by what percent have you increased your risk of melanoma?

• 5%

• 25%

• 50%

• above 60%