Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer Objectives
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Describe what a tumor is and how cancer cells can spread.
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Compare three different types of skin cancer.
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List the warning signs used to detect skin cancer and explain why it is beneficial to have a medical professional make a diagnosis.
Cancer is a group of diseases in which cells have an increase in mitosis and a decrease in apoptosis.
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In all cancers, cell undergo excessive mitosis, producing large numbers of cells. The cell type that originally mutated (changed genetically) impacts the type of cancer that develops.
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Malignant Melanoma
Any person’s skin cells can develop mutations that may lead to cancer. Check your skin at regular intervals and see a health care professional if wound does not heal or a skin feature appears unusual.
Cover Up
Regardless of the amount of melanin pigment in your epidermis, protect your skin.
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This is the end of the Integumentary Guide. Material from the guide and corresponding lecture, as well as the previous Discovery & Cells Guide, are assessed on the weekly Canvas quiz, due by Sunday night.
Check your knowledge. Can you:
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describe what a tumor is and how cancer cells can spread?
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compare three different types of skin cancer?
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list the warning signs used to detect skin cancer and explain why it is beneficial to have a medical professional make a diagnosis?