SAVING YOUR SKIN. IT ONLY TAKES 5 SUNBURNS TO DOUBLE YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING
MELANOMA TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT 5
SUNBURNS, YOUR WHOLE LIFETIME
WITH ONE IN 5 AMERICANS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SKIN
CANCER BY THE AGE OF 70. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
DOCTOR, BENTLEY DOING AN IS AN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT UF
HEALTH, GAINESVILLE. HE’S
JOINING US VIA ZOOM THIS
MORNING TO TALK MORE ABOUT
MELANOMA. GOOD MORNING. THANKS
FOR BEING WITH US. THIS RALLY.
AND SO WE ARE SEEING A RISE IN
MELANOMA CASES WOULD TO
EXPLAIN MELANOMA. AND AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, WHY IT IS SO
IMPORTANT TO CATCH ANY REGULAR
SKIN SPOTS EARLY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. NO. THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME ARE BRINGING
SOME AWARENESS TO THAT. SO IS
REALLY A SKIN CANCER THAT TREE
EVERY DAY. IT’S IT’S SOMETHING
THAT A LOT AMERICANS, YOU HAVE
A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT IT. IT’S NOT THE MOST
COMMON SKIN CANCER THANKFULLY
ACTUALLY HAVE 2 OTHER TYPES OF
SKIN CANCER THAT ANY MORE
AMERICANS ARE GOING TO FACE.
BUT IT’S ONE OF THE MORE
DEADLY ONES BECAUSE IT TAKES
VERY SMALL SIZE MELANOMAS AND
VERY LITTLE DISEASE REALLY
CONTRARY TO SOME SCARY RISKS.
AND SO ITS NATIONAL TRY TO
PROTECT FROM UV RADIATION. SO
AS WE’RE EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT,
WERE OUR BODIES GETTING
PUMMELED WITH DANGEROUS UVA
AND UVB RAYS. UVA RAYS ARE
REALLY WHAT NEEDS TO SKIN
AGING. BUT THE UVB RAYS
PENETRATE IT FOR THOSE OUTER
LAYERS OF OUR SKIN. REALLY
DAMAGE THE DNA OF OUR SKIN
CELLS. AND SO WHEN IT DAMAGES
THE DNA OF THE CELLS THAT
PRODUCE MELANIN THE SOUTH,
THAT WE THINK OF THAT HELP US
GOING. AND THAT WAS OUR
COLORATION. THOSE CELLS
COMPARTMENT PATIENTS AND OVER
NOT TRYING TO DEVELOP INTO NO,
NO. THE SCARY THING ABOUT
MELANOMA IS THAT THEY CAN
REMAIN QUITE SMALL, BUT THEY
CAN LEAVE THE SCAN AND GO TO
OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY. BUT
WE CALLED METASTASIS. THAT’S
WHAT MAKES THEM SO DANGEROUS.
IT’S NOT THE SKIN CANCER ON
THE PRESENCE OF THE SKIN. IT’S
THE FACT THAT IT CAN GO.
RIPLEY’S IS AND REALLY POSES A
RISK TO OUR LIVES. AT POINT,
THE BENEFITS ARE THAT WITH ALL
SKIN CANCERS, 100% OF EARLY
STAGE CAN BE SURE WITH SIMPLE
RECEPTION, BY SURGERY OR A
DERMATOLOGIST OFFICE. AND SO
IT CAN REALLY BE ONE OF THE
BIGGEST WINS THAT WE HAVE THE
CANCER FIELD. BUT IT’S A REAL
DAUNTING TASK RIGHT NOW. IT
WILL BE IN A STATE LIKE
FLORIDA WHERE WE’VE GOT SO
MANY BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY DAYS
THAT WE’VE GOT A LOT THAT WE
NEED TO DEAL WHAT? YEAH, AND I
WANT TO SHOW A VIEW SHARED
SOME PICTURES WITH US ALSO
BECAUSE WHILE WE MIGHT ALL
THINK, WELL, I’D SEE A SPOT ON
MY ARM OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MY
LEG. THE REALITY IS A LOT OF
TIMES.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THESE ARE
HIDDEN IN SPOTS THAT YOU MIGHT
NOT SEE EVERY DAY LIKE YOU’RE
BACK, MAYBE ALONG YOUR EAR ON
YOUR HEAD AS WELL. SO THESE
ARE SOME EXAMPLES YOU SHARE
THEM WITH US. WHAT’S
INTERESTING ABOUT THE ONE IN
THE MIDDLE IS I I COULD SEE
HOW SOMEONE WOULD MISS THAT IS
PRETTY FAINT. IT LOOKS LIKE
IT’S MORE UNDER THE SKIN A
LITTLE RAISE. COULD YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE
WARNING SIGNS ARE WHEN WE SEE
SPOTS OR WE TALK TO OUR LOVED
ONES ABOUT SPOTS THAT THEY CAN
HELP US SPOT ON. THE ON ON OUR
BACKS IS AN EXAMPLE AND HOW
THOSE CHANGE OVER TIME AND WHY
THAT MIGHT BE A WARNING SIGN.
>> SO LEAST THAT’S A GREAT
QUOTE TO BRING UP. WE ALWAYS
THINK THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE
SOME BIG BUT THAT’S HANGING
OVER OUR SKIN THAT WILL EASILY
BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY. BUT
REALLY WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR,
THINGS THAT OUT OF PLACE. SO
THERE’S A COUPLE DIFFERENT
PHILOSOPHY IS THE FIRST IS
WHAT WE CALL ABCD EASE. AND SO
THIS IS WHERE THE
IRREGULARITIES OF THE LESION
ON THE SKIN REALLY OF
IDENTIFYING. IT’S SOMETHING
THAT’S MORE CONCERNED. IS A
SENATE RUN. SO A ONE HALF OF
IT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN THE
OTHER HALF. THAT’S A WARNING
SIGN BECAUSE FOR BORDER. SO
IDEALLY, THESE WOULD BE ROUND
OR NEARLY COMPLETELY ROUND OR
OVAL REGULARITY IS LIKE THE
ONE OF FAR-RIGHT. IF YOU
CONTINUE IDENTIFY THAT, THAT
DOESN’T SEEM LIKE A CIRCLE ARE
REALLY THAT’S FINDING NOTES. C
IS FOR COLOR. THAT DOESN’T
MEAN BEING DARK IN COLOR BEING
LIGHT AND COLOR IT HAVING
MULTIPLE COLORS AND YOU CAN
SEE ON THE LEFT, WE’VE GOT
SHADES OF PINK ROUND AND
THERE’S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
PERIODS THAT WE CAN SEE WITH
DIAZ, THE EASIEST ONE THAT WE
IDENTIFIED THAT’S DYING THAT
THE OVERALL SIZE. AND SO IF
YOU CAN COVER ONE OF THESE
LESIONS WITH A PENCIL ERASER,
IT’S TYPICALLY CONSIDERED A
LAST DANGEROUSLY. JEN, YOU CAN
SEE HOW THE ONE FROM THE LEFT
AND THE RIGHT TO BE THE
PROBLEM. NOW, THAT’S ONE OF
THE MIDDLE IS THE BIGGEST
CONCERN. BUT THE REASON WE CAN
IDENTIFY THIS IS BECAUSE OF
THE EASE WITH WHICH IS
EVOLUTION. SO THIS WAS A BALL
THAT MEETING IT WAS GROWING.
IT WAS GROWING RAPIDLY. SO
THAT IT DOUBLED IN SIZE OVER
THE COURSE OF MONTHS. AND
THANKFULLY NATION PRESENTED TO
HIS DERMATOLOGIST AND SAID,
YOU KNOW, THIS JUST KEEPS
GROWING. AND SO THAT’S ONE OF
THE KEYS TO THESE FEATURES ARE
THESE ARE GOING TO CHANGE OVER
TIME. WE’RE ALL OVER THE
BULLS. WE ALL HAVE MOST OF THE
DEVELOPING THE FIRST 20 OR 30
YEARS OF OUR LIFE. AND THEY
REALLY SHOULDN’T CHANGE. AND
SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THING
THAT WE CAN DO IS JUST LOOK
FOR THAT CHANGE. LOOK FOR THE
LESIONS THAT ARE CHANGING OVER
TIME. AND THIS IS WHERE YOUR
LOVED ONES AND THE YOU’RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WITH AREAS OF
OUR BACKUP, OUR SCOUT, ALL THE
MEN IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU DON’T
HAVE AS MUCH HAIR AS I THINK
YOU DO. MYSELF INCLUDED. SO WE
NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE
AREAS. THINK THAT WE STILL
HAVE THIS BIG, LONG LUSCIOUS
LOCKS OF HAIR BUT REALITY.
THAT’S ONE OF THE HIGHEST
RISKS OF A MELANOMA LOCATION.
MAD. AND SO THOSE AREAS THAT
WE NEED HELP WITH SEEING
BECAUSE WE CAN IDENTIFY THE
BIGGEST THING IS THAT THERE’S
ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY
CONCERNING TO YOU JUST HAVE A
LOOK AT HOW TO VALUE BECAUSE
IT NOT MOMENTS NOT ONLY GOING
TO BE EVALUATED, BUT IT COULD
LIKELY BE REMOVED IN SHORT,
EVEN IF IT IS A CANCER.
EXCELLENT ADVICE AFTERNOON.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE
IT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THANKS FOR
HAVING ME. AND BE SURE. COMING
UP TOMORROW, THE MORNING SHOW
THERE IS A NEW TECHNOLOGY
MEANT THAT’S MEANT TO MAKE
DIAGNOSING MELANOMA EVEN
EASIER. WALK YOU THROUGH HOW A