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__**skin cancer**__ This type of cancer is a uncontroled growth of abnormal skin cells.this cancer can spred from skin cell to tissues and organs. Melanoma skin cancer is one of the most deadly also more common in men rather than woman. This type of cancer is usually in older people but it will once in a while be with a younger gender. **Causes:** Some risk factors of melanoma skin cancer are Ultraviolet sunlight. Tanning is also this form of light but it depends on the how long the skin is expose to UV light and the strength of its radiation. People who have red hair and even blond with fair skin have a higher risk of getting skin cancer. Also if you have moles it could increase your risk of getting melanoma skin cancer. You may want to get your moles check by a doctor also just to make sure they aren’t cancer moles.
 * Skin is one of the biggest organs in the body which is good for protection keeping out germs, and many other things in the body. There are 3 layers of skin 1. Epidermis the top layer of skin, it’s very thin and has three lays of basal cells. 2.dermis 3.subcutis


 * Prevention: ** The best ways to lower your risk of skin cancer while outside is to try not to be outside during the afternoon or don’t be out to long because that is when the sun is the strongest. Or another possibility is if you want to be outside stay in the shade for a good amount of time. If you are outside make sure to cover up with clothing that is dry, tighter and dark because this could be the most useful. Also wear a hat and sunglasses over your face and neck to be covered up well. To cover up some parts of your body that you can’t is use lots of sunscreen and repeat putting it on every 2 hours to stay protective.


 * Treatment: ** When this type of cancer is found early it is curable and surgery is the mainly what you do for the treatment. You could get done a simple excision, a wide excision, or an Amputation but if the cancer has spread then you would have to go under things like chemo.

1. One point that I learned on your page that I did not know before was: people with red hair have a higher risk of getting skin cancer 2. The page you created was informative or interesting because: the explanations of each topic are easy to understand 3. How I can use this information in my life now or in the future is... to use these preventions to reduce my own risk 4. I would still like to know more about... what would have to get amputated if that was the treatment -Kelsey 1.i learned that skin cancer is caused by sunlight 2.this page used great facts to provide info on the topic 3.in the future i can use this so i can prevent skin cancer 4.i would still like to know what would happen if it got really bad matty E

1. i learned that the best way to lower your risk of skin cancer is to not be outside during the afternoon 2. this page was really easy to understand and it had really good info 3. i can use this information in the future to help prevent it or help somebody who has it and tell them this info 4. i would still like to no more about certain kinds of treatment - tiana mcguire

1. I learned that people with red or blonde hair with fair skin have a higher risk of getting skin cancer. 2. This page was good because it gave general, helpful things to know about skin cancer. 3. I can use this information in the future to make sure I keep my risks as low as possible. 4. I would still like to know if there is any more treatments available for this cancer. D.P