Wk 12 Skin Cancers
People with actinic keratoses are more likely to develop:
Squamous cell carcinoma
Superficial basal cell carcinoma is:
Carcinoma that looks like eczema
Sclerosing basal cell carcinoma is:
Carcinoma that looks like a scar and often occurs in the forehead
True or False: The ABCDs of melanoma detection stand for asymmetry, border, change, and diameter.
False
Carcinomas that are ulcerated and have an indented center
ulcerative carcinomas
Simple superficial lesions are treated by:
Curettage and electrodessication
True or False: An area that repeatedly bleeds for no reason (such as a crusty lesion on the nose that bleeds all the time when blowing the nose) is a potential sign that their may be skin cancer there.
True
This skin cancer has melanocytes involved in the lesions and is dark in color:
pigmented basal cell carcinoma
True or False: Basal cell carcinoma rarely metastasizes or spreads to other organs.
True
True or False: Electrodessication and Curettage (ED & C) is a treatment for superficial cancers that are very quick and have little downtime. It is also known as scrape and char, scrape and char.
True
True or False: Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most frequently diagnosed skin cancer.
True
The most serious and deadly form of skin cancer
melanoma
More advanced cases are treated by:
Moh's surgery
This skin cancer looks like eczema; red, flat, scaly, frequently misdiagnosed:
superficial basal cell carcinoma
Basal cell carcinoma is:
the most common and least severe type of skin cancer
What are signs of possible skin cancer?
all of the above are correct
True or False: Those with dysplastic nevi are more likely to get melanoma.
True
Basal cell carcinoma is most common in patients who are:
Over 40 years of age
Common form of skin cancer that originates in the basal layer
basal cell carcinoma
True or False: A trained or certified esthetician who knows the appearance of different skin cancers is able to help the client understand what type of skin cancer they might have and what types of treatments are available.
False
Those who have over 15 moles are more susceptible to melanoma.
False
This skin cancer is a pearl-like bump, flesh-colored or slightly pink, often with small capillaries running through it, generally painless:
nodulocystic basal cell carcinoma
True or False: If a melanoma has metastasized the lymph nodes may have to be removed.
True
True or False: Basal cell carcinoma is the number-one cancer among women aged 25-29.
False
True or False: All signs of melanoma indicated by the ABCDs checklist must be present for a lesion to be suspected as melanoma.
False
True or False: Squamous cell carcinoma is caused by cumulative sun damage, and to a lesser extent, by long-term exposure to industrial chemicals.
True
TRue or False: In Mohs surgery slivers of skin like an onion are removed and each layer is examined for cancer.
True
Melanoma is:
The most serious and deadly form of skin cancer
True or False: Mohs’ micrographic surgery is used on skin cancers where tissue preservation is important or when there is not much tissue below the lesion.
True
Basal cell carcinoma
Raised, crusty, or warty-looking carcinoma
Raised, crusty, or warty-looking carcinoma
squamous cell carcinoma
True or False: Melanocytes are the cells responsible for melanoma.
True
Pigmented basal cell carcinoma is:
Carcinoma that is dark and has melanocytes in the lesions
True or False: Squamous cell carcinoma can metastasize and spread to other organs.
True
Basal cell carcinoma is most common in Fitzpatrick skin types:
I, II, III,
True or False: When looking at suspicious lesions an Esthetician should consider the client’s Fitzpatrick level, age group, and sun exposure particularly in the area of the lesion when recommending a client have it further looked at by a physician or dermatologist.
True
True or False: Tissue samples are analyzed and biopsied in a lab in a procedure called a Moh’s micrography.
False
Squamous cell carcinoma are usually:
All of the above
Recurrent/larger lesions are treated by:
Surgical excision followed by skin graft
Squamous cell Carcinoma is:
Raised, crusty, or warty-looking carcinoma
True or False: In advanced cases of melanoma chemotherapy may be used for treatment.
True
This skin cancer is ulcerated, with indented center
ulcerative basal cell carcinoma
True or False: Basal cell carcinoma is most common in Fitzpatrick skin types I, II and III.
True
This skin cancer looks like a scar, often occurs in forehead, may linger over time:
sclerosing basal cell carcinoma
True or False: Immune suppression due to health conditions or certain medications create a higher risk for skin cancer such as malignant melanoma.
True
Basal cell carcinoma:
often appears as light, pearly nodules
True or False: Electrodessication and Curettage is a subjective procedure so on deeper cancers it may not have as high a cure rate as other treatments that are able to biopsy the cancer. However, for superficial cancers treated with ED & C the cure rate is about 85 – 95%.
True
Carcinoma that is dark and has melanocytes in the lesions
pigmented basal cell carcinoma