1. Access the American Cancer Society’s “Skin Cancer Prevention and Early Detection” website and take notes in your laboratory journal. Include information on the different types of skin cancers, where they develop, and the likelihood that they will spread. This website is found at: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/ped_7_1_Skin_Cancer_Detection_What_You_Can_Do.asp
Using the same website, take notes about UV radiation. Find out about the differences between the three types of UV rays, and determine what the UV index is.
2. Read the story of Dan, a 24 year old engineer who was diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, found at Melanoma Education Foundation’s “Dan’s Story: If Only He Had Known”: www.skincheck.org/Page7.php
3. Go through The American Academy of Dermatology’s “A-B-C-D-E Guide” for skin cancer self-exams to learn how to perform a self-examination for melanoma found at:
o The Mayo Clinic’s “Slide Show: Melanoma pictures to help identify skin cancer”: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/melanoma/DS00575
Using the same website, take notes about UV radiation. Find out about the differences between the three types of UV rays, and determine what the UV index is.
2. Read the story of Dan, a 24 year old engineer who was diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, found at Melanoma Education Foundation’s “Dan’s Story: If Only He Had Known”: www.skincheck.org/Page7.php
3. Go through The American Academy of Dermatology’s “A-B-C-D-E Guide” for skin cancer self-exams to learn how to perform a self-examination for melanoma found at:
o The Mayo Clinic’s “Slide Show: Melanoma pictures to help identify skin cancer”: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/melanoma/DS00575