0:02 and dermatologists we would never discourage anyone from coming in for a

0:06 skin cancer screening

0:08 however there are population increase risk particularly those individuals with

0:12 fair skin types

0:13 and a lot of fun sensitivity individuals who are sensitive to the Sun

0:18 tend to get more skin cancers including and non-melanoma skin cancer types basal

0:23 cell and squamous cell skin cancer

0:24 as well as melanoma which is the deadliest form of skin cancer

0:28 we also look for other risk factors such a strong family history of skin cancer

0:32 the melanoma types and non-melanoma types lots and malls on the skin

0:36 including what we call clinical atypical moles or dysplastic

0:39 malls any individual with a changing or suspicious skin lesions

0:43 should certainly have it checked out moles can occur anywhere on the body

0:47 they're also conlan acidic me

0:49 by when you're looking for melanoma you're looking for

0:52 a typical mall although in reality most nah numbers don't arise for pre-existing

0:57 more that come out as a melanoma on their on however it's important to

1:01 recognize clinical warning signs for melanoma

1:04 and these include me ABCDE criteria which were devised by the American

1:09 Academy of Dermatology over twenty years ago

1:12 yes for asymmetry 11 have a lesion doesn't match the other

1:16 he is border regularity see is color change with an elision where variable

1:20 shades of color may be evident brown

1:23 black white blue or even kinda pink or red color

1:26 D is for diameter any growing more particularly that larger than a pencil

1:31 eraser should be evaluated to make sure it's not

1:34 undergoing linen change very importantly

1:37 he has been added for evolving where the lesion is changing differently or looks

1:41 different from the rest

1:42 the person's lesions on the skin this can be very helpful for certain subtypes

1:47 don't fulfill the other abcd criteria

1:50 particularly at typeof na na na call nodular melanoma

1:53 which tends to grow up on the skin it elevates also rates and bleed more

1:58 commonly

1:58 and other melanoma sometimes squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma

2:03 are actually in the most common skin cancers we see worldwide

2:07 in fact in the US team now been estimated to occur and over 3.5 million

2:12 individuals per year

2:13 is also carcinoma is the most common probably about three million cases

2:17 itself

2:18 and tends to be a less harmful skin cancer

2:21 doesn't invade the skin as deeply as other skin cancers although it can be

2:25 very

2:25 locally destructive disfiguring squamous cell skin cancer can the past two size

2:31 meaning spread to other parts of the body

2:33 and about 2,000 deaths in the US per year are due to squamous cell skin

2:37 cancer that has spread to other parts of the body

2:40 both forms a skin cancer are important to recognize earlier

2:43 for optimal treatment cosmetic result a surgery or other modalities

2:47 examination in the back is very important for melanoma particularly

2:52 in middle-aged and older men when whom we see the highest rates of melanoma

2:56 incidence that's new cases

2:58 as well as the highest rates and mortality that's deaths from disease

3:01 estimated that an individual receives about 25

3:06 eighty percent and his or her lifetime sun exposure in childhood or adolescence

3:10 we do recommend a lifelong sun protection now is some skin cancers tend

3:15 to be

3:15 related to chronic accumulative sun damage over time

3:19 excessive sun exposure and childhood and adolescence can increase the number of

3:23 moles that one develops an adult

3:25 and that's an independent risk factor for melanoma sunburns and child can also

3:30 increase the risk of developing melanoma is one ages

3:33 it's very important to know that there is no safety and whether this is through

3:37 natural sunlight

3:38 or artificial light vs some Sundancer tanning salons

3:42 his former artificial light is considered a carcinogen by the Food and

3:47 Drug Administration and

3:49 the amount ultraviolet radiation that an individual receives

3:52 in and tanning bed is 15 times stronger than that image

3:56 emitted by natural light so we do not consider that a safe tanning mechanism

4:01 is estimated that a fair skinned individuals practice

4:04 diligence sun protection from childhood on we could prevent up to 75 percent

4:09 skin cancers over a lifetime so that's a very strong reason to not get

4:14 too much Tanzer burns as a child or adolescent