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Skin Cancer Quiz - MemorialCare Health System
MemorialCare Health System Your Health: Skin Cancer Quiz

Have you had a skin cancer screening lately?
Schedule an appointment with a MemorialCare doctor.
According to the American Cancer Association, skin cancer is the most common of all the cancers with more than 60,000 cases each year in the United States. Test your knowledge about skin cancer by taking this quiz.

Skin Cancer Quiz

1. Which of these factors means you're more likely to get skin cancer?
a. Fair skin
b. Having a relative with skin cancer
c. Numerous moles
d. All of the above


2. What does the most dangerous type of skin cancer usually look like?
a. A large irregular mole
b. A rough scaly patch
c. A small pearly lump
d. A large red bump


3. It's safe to tan as long as you don't burn. True or false?
True
False


4. Skin cancer is easily curable in its early stages. True or false?
True
False


5. Skin cancer only shows up on parts of the body that are exposed to the sun. True or false?
True
False


6. Thanks to the wide use of sunscreen, melanoma is much less common than it used to be. True or false?
True
False


7. Skin cancer is usually painless. True or false?
True
False


Cancer Screening Recommendations
Skin cancer

Head-to-toe visual exam - Every 3 years for men & women at age 20-39

Head-to-toe visual exam - Yearly for men & women starting at 40

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