Cancer

Question 1

Does not spread

Answer 1

Benign

Question 2

Encapsulated

Answer 2

Doesn’t spread

Question 3

Me stashed to other parts of the body

Answer 3

Malignant

Question 4

Most important risk factor to skin cancer

Answer 4

Overexposure to uv radiation

Question 5

Gradually forms an ulcer with firm raised border

Answer 5

Squamous cell

Question 6

How many people in America develop skin cancer

Answer 6

1 in 5

Question 7

Metastasizes rapidly to lymph and blood vessels

Answer 7

Melanoma

Question 8

Other ways you can develop skin cancer

Answer 8

Irritation from infection
Chemicals
Physical trauma

Question 10

How large must the diameter be for it be melanoma

Answer 10

6 mm

Question 11

Arises from stratum spinosum

Answer 11

Squamous cell

Question 12

Arises from stratum basale

Answer 12

Basal cell

Question 15

What percent of basal cell is cured

Answer 15

99%

Question 16

Grows quickly and metastasizes to lymph nodes if not removed

Answer 16

Squamous cell

Question 17

Slow growing, metastasis seldom occurs

Answer 17

Basal cell

Question 18

What cause squamous cell

Answer 18

Sun

Question 19

Scaly reddened Papule

Answer 19

Squamous cell

Question 20

By age fifty how many hair follicles does a person have

Answer 20

Dropped by 1/3 and continues to decline which leads to thinning or baldness

Question 21

Most common type of cancer

Answer 21

Skin

Question 22

Cancer of melanocytes

Answer 22

Malignant melanoma

Question 23

Small rounded elevation

Answer 23

Papule

Question 24

What percent of skin cancers are melanoma

Answer 24

5

Question 25

Shiny dome shaped nodules with a central pearly beaded edge

Answer 25

Basal cell

Question 26

Most deadly

Answer 26

Melanoma

Question 27

What causes bags under the eyes

Answer 27

Decreasing elasticity and loss of subcutaneous tissue

Question 28

C

Answer 28

Color

Question 29

During old age what happens to the amount of subcutaneous tissue

Answer 29

Decreased which leads to intolerance of cold

Question 30

What is survival rate of melanoma

Answer 30

Fifty percent

Question 31

Where is basal cell normally found

Answer 31

Overexposed regions of face

Question 32

Arises from accumulated dna damage in skin cell and appears as spreading brown to black patch

Answer 32

Melanoma

Question 33

Where does melanoma begin

Answer 33

Wherever there is pigment | Some develop from pigmented moles

Question 35

A

Answer 35

Asymmetry

Question 36

Early removal allows a good chance of survival

Answer 36

Squamous cell

Question 37

B

Answer 37

Border irregularity

Question 38

What is the treatment of melanoma

Answer 38

Wide surgical excision | Immunotherapy

Question 39

Hairy cloak

Answer 39

Lanugo

Question 40

When does lanugo form

Answer 40

5th and 6th month of fetal development

Question 41

E

Answer 41

Elevation

Question 42

White cheesy looking substance

Answer 42

Vernix caseosa

Question 43

What causes premature gray hair

Answer 43

``` Stress Anxiety Lack of protein Chemotherapy Radiation Excessive vitamin a Fungal diseases ```

Question 44

What produces the vernix

Answer 44

Sebaceous glands

Question 45

Accumulations in sebaceous glands form what

Answer 45

Milia

Question 46

Where is milia found

Answer 46

Nose and forehead of baby

Question 47

When does skin become more oil

Answer 47

Adolescence

Question 48

When does skin reach optimal appearance

Answer 48

20-30

Question 49

What speeds up loss of elasticity

Answer 49

Smoking and sunlight

Question 50

Vellus hairs

Answer 50

Tiny colorless hairs on bald people

Question 51

What helps delay skin aging

Answer 51

Good nutrition Plenty of fluids Cleanliness

Question 52

Male pattern baldness

Answer 52

Genetically controlled

Question 53

Graying hair is genetically controlled by what

Answer 53

Delayed action gene

Question 54

Abnormal cell mass

Answer 54

Neoplasm

Question 55

Gray hair occurs when

Answer 55

Amount of melanin in hair decreases or becomes absent

Question 56

D

Answer 56

Diameter

Question 57

Cells cannot form keratin, invade the dermis and subcutaneous tissue

Answer 57

Basal cell

Question 58

Least malignant

Answer 58

Basal cell carcinoma

Question 59

How do you detect melanoma

Answer 59

ABCDE RULE

Question 60

Where is squamous cell most likely found

Answer 60

Scalp ears and lower lip