Skin Cancer Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer 2 out of 5 cancers are skin cancers.
Skin cancer
Transcript of Skin cancer
Skin Cancer
What is Skin Cancer?Skin Cancer is a disease that youCan get from staying in the sunfor to long. Skin Cancer occursWhen skin cells are damagede.g. by over exposure to ultra-
violet (UV) radiation from the sun
What does it do to my body?Skin Cancer often looks like
an unusual mole or a skin soreThat does not heal. In fact aChange in a existing mole,
Most with a black or blue area,Is the most usually first sign of
Skin cancer.
How can I stop it?.No.1 Sunscreen
In the sun, have fun,But sunscreen is number 1
.No.2 Coffee a dayKeeps skin cancer away (adults)
.No.3 SLIP SLOP SLAP!.......
Slip Slop Slap!One of the most successful
Health campaigns in AustraliaHistory was launched in 1981
When a cheerful seagull namedSid in board shorts T-shirt andA hat danced across the screen
singing…
“Slip, Slop, Slap”It sounds like a breeze when
You say it like that“Slip, Slop, Slap”
In the sun we always say“Slip, Slop, Slap”“Slip, Slop, Slap”
Slip on a shirt,Slop on some sun sunscreen,
And slap on a hat,“Slip, Slop, Slap”
You can stop skin cancer-say: Slip, Slop, Slap
GlossaryUltra violet- light is electro- magnetic with a wavelengthshorter than that of visible
lightRadiation- is a process in whichenergetic particles or energeticwaves travel through medium
or space
Bibliographyhttp://www.cancer.org.au
/cancersmartlifestyle/SunSmart/Aboutskincancer.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_cancer
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