By Shanna Redwing Click To Advance

Cancer Type Estimated New Cases Estimated Deaths Skin(Nonmelanoma)>1,000,000<1,000 Click To Advance

What is Skin Cancer? –A disease in which cancerous cells develop from parts of the skin. It is also the most common type of cancer is the United States each year Types of Non-melanoma –Basal Cell Carcinomas They look like flat, pale areas or small, raised pink or red, translucent, shiny waxy areas that may bleed. –Squamous Cell Carcinomas They look like growing lumps, often with a rough, scaly, or crusted surface. They commonly appear on the face, ear, neck, lip, and the back of the hands. –There are also other types of non-melanoma but they are less common Click To Advance

Treatment –Surgery There are many different types depending upon the stage and location of the cancer. –Radiation Therapy It is high-energy rays that kill or shrink cancer cells. It can come from outside the body or from radioactive materials placed directly in the tumor. –Photodynamic Therapy a two-step procedure that is done on an outpatient basis. –Patients are injected with a light-activated drug, which targets cancerous cells. About hours later, a laser light is directed through a scope onto tumor cells, showing the cancerous tissue to a certain spectrum of light. The light "switches on" the drug, destroying the cancerous cells without damaging your surrounding healthy tissue. –Topical Chemotherapy medication is put on the skin instead of by mouth or injected into the vein –Along with these treatments there are also many therapies given Click To Advance

Symptoms –Growth, spots, bumps, patches, or sores that do not heal after 2-3 months or discoloration, ulcers in the skin, or even changes in moles Some Risk Factors –Spending a lot of time in the sun or have been sunburned –Have light-colored skin, hair, and eyes –Have a family member with skin cancer –Are over age 50 Images Click To Advance Basal Cell Carcinoma Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Current Research –Immune- Priming This therapy is still in its infancy but has been shown to effectively attack foreign threats like viruses and also latch onto and attack skin cancers. –Other researchers are focusing on strenghthening the body’s own naturally produced “helper T cells”. They help identify and lock onto cancer cells and help guide the killer cells to the cancer. Researchers infused patients with about 5 billion of the helper T cells without any harsh drugs or chemotherapy. If this kind of treatment is shown effective with no side effects, it could change the way cancer patients are treated. Click To Advance

I did my project on cancer because of the resent lost that I had. Even though she did not have skin cancer I did this anyway because it is the most commonly diagnosed type of cancer in the United States. My great-grandmother took her last breath on November 18, 2008 around 3 o’clock p.m. I saw everything that she went through fighting this disease and it really moved me knowing that there are thousands of cases similar to hers. Towards the end you could see the changes in her due to the cancer. It was as if it was not really her anymore, it was just a shell. Everyone misses her so much for she was the backbone of our family but I understand that she is in a much better place now. I love you Maw-Maw Jeanny and I will see you again someday!

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