A powerpoint about Melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer.

1. Melanoma Ava

2. Statistics 8,700 people die from Melanoma each year in the US 68,000 people are diagnosed with melanoma each year in the US Sixth most common cancer in US

3. Melanoma Rates Are Increasing

4. Risk Factors Fair skin, blue or green eyes, red or blond hair Close relatives with a history of melanoma Exposure to cancerous causing chemicals such as arsenic, coal tar, and creosote Presence of multiple birthmarks Weakened immune system from AIDS, leukemia, organ transplant, certain medications If you have previously had melanoma

5. History John Hunter discovered fist tumor in 1787 Wasn’t recognized as a disease until 1806 by Rene Laennec Samuel Cooper in 1840 found that melanoma is untreatable past its first stages In 1956 Henry Lancaster made the connection between sunlight intensity and development of melanoma

6. Types of Melanoma Superficial Spreading Melanoma Nodular Melanoma LentigoMaligna melanoma AcralLentiginous melanoma Melanoma of the eye

7. Normal Melanocytes “This shows an even distribution of dendriticmelanocytes within the basal layer of the epidermis”

8. Stage 0

9. Stage I Some of the melanocytes are atypical, and their numbers increase.

10. Melanoma Lesions

12. Treatments

13. surgery

16. Treatments

17. Surgery removing affected area and sampling the lymph nodes

18. Sometimes radiation is used

21. Treatments

22. Surgery to remove tumors, surrounding area, and lymph nodes

23. Sometimes radiation

24. High-dose interferon-alpha for a year

26. Treatments

27. Surgery and radiation

28. Systemic drugs

29. Experimental treatments