| Skin cancer can be cured, in many cases without | | | | skin irregularities during their routine checkups. |
| the use of aggressive treatments which cause | | | | While people generally receive the message that |
| problematic side effects, if it is discovered in its | | | | avoiding the sun and using sunscreen can help |
| early stages. This can be achieved if the cancer | | | | prevent skin cancer, and that tanning beds should |
| patient has taken an active role in discovering this | | | | not be used because of recent studies showing |
| sin disease early on, but it takes more than | | | | that they severely increase the risk of |
| looking at a skin cancer symptom photo. Changes | | | | contracting melanoma, the most dangerous form |
| in behavior need to be promoted not only to | | | | of skin cancer, the message of early detection is |
| prevent cancer of the skin but to detect it in its | | | | generally lost. Whereas everybody knows what a |
| earliest stages, including performing skin | | | | breast examination is, they do not know that |
| self-examinations and getting checkups on a | | | | people need to perform regular examinations of |
| regular basis. | | | | their own skin. The first signs of cancer on the |
| A person may benefit from seeing images of skin | | | | skin are visible on the skin, making skin |
| cancer in the sense that people often wait too | | | | examinations an extremely effective way to |
| long to see a doctor when they happen upon a | | | | detect skin cancer when it can still be removed |
| skin irregularity without knowing that it may be a | | | | through a simple surgery, avoiding the need for |
| skin disease problem. Many types of skin cancer, | | | | aggressive treatment. |
| however, closely resemble other types of skin | | | | People can get a general idea of what cancer |
| problems, so a person may simply assume that | | | | symptoms look like by looking at a skin cancer |
| they have cancer before visiting a doctor, and | | | | symptom photo, but some additional information |
| needlessly panic. Skin cancer images may give | | | | is equally important. People should know about |
| people an idea of what early warning signs to look | | | | both melanoma and nonmelanoma cancer and |
| for, but it is more important that they regularly | | | | their symptoms, and they should know about |
| receive medical examinations especially when they | | | | moles, or nevi. Irregular moles, known as |
| have any unanswered medical questions. People | | | | dysplastic nevi, need to be watched for any |
| need to be able to visit a doctor regularly, and if | | | | changes, and a doctor should be consulted if any |
| they have this routine they can ask about any | | | | changes occur. |