2. What is melanoma?
0 Melanoma is a serious
and risky type of skin
cancer that is an unusual
growth on skin cell
called melanocytes.
0 Melanocyte: melanin-
producing cells located
in the bottom layer of
the skin’s epidermis

3. Can anyone get melanoma?
0 People of all races and ethnicities can get melanoma, but
individuals with light-colored hair, eyes and skin have a
higher risk. Anyone can get melanoma.
0 The rick of melanoma goes up by age.
0 57 is the most common age to get diagnosis
Although melanoma is more likely to occur in older
people, this is a cancer that is also found in younger people. In
fact, melanoma is one of the most common cancers in people
younger than 30.

4. Signs of Melanoma
0 size of the mole or if its
different from the other
moles that you have, like
it color
0 Half of the mole does not
look like the other half.
0 Its shape id different
0 The edges of the mole
are uneven, ragged or
notched.

5. What cause’s melanoma
0 Tanning outdoors
0 Using tanning beds
0 Sitting under sun lamps
If you tan then you should
stop tanning especially the
tanning beds.

6. How common is melanoma
0 Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, but it is
not the most common. Basal cells and squamous cell
skin cancers occur more often the
melanoma, according to the skin cancer foundation.
0 In the United States, men have a higher rate of
melanoma then women.

7. Symptoms
0 Symptoms :
I. Itch
II. Bleed
III. Feel pain
0 The main symptoms of
melanoma is an unusual
mole.
0 There are different types
of melanoma

8. How to prevent melanoma
0 If you have melanoma you can get it remove by getting
surgery
0 Doctor would want to remove all the cancer first, if
the cancer did not spread then its possible for the
dermatologist to remove the melanoma during an
office visit.

9. Risk Factors
0 Sun Exposure:
Exposure to the UV rays of suns damages our cells
DNA, plus the development of melanoma when
outdoors. Be sure to wear sunscreens, even in the
shade.

10. Sources
0 http://www.siteman.wustl.edu/CancerDetails.aspx?mid=1
0 http://www.healthyfellow.com/158/melanoma-and-
diet/51&id=665&xml=CDR62713.xml
0 http://www.aad.org/skin-conditions/dermatology-a-to-
z/melanoma/diagnosis-treatment/melanoma-diagnosis-
treatment-and-outcome
0 http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/SkinCancer-
Melanoma/DetailedGuide/melanoma-skin-cancer-risk-
factors
0 http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/225-uv-rays-
increase-melanoma-skin-cancer-risk.html
0 http://www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu/hccpquiz.pl?lang=
english&func=show&quiz=melanoma&page=fact_sheet

11. Standards
0 4c Students know how mutations In the DNA
sequence of a gene may or may not affect the
expression of the gene, or the sequence of amino acids
in an encoded protein.
0 4d Students know how specialization of cells in
multicellular organisms is usually due to different
patterns of gene expression rather than to differences
in the genes themselves.