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Causes and Risk Factors of Skin Cancer Report

   

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TO ANALYZE CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS OF SKIN CANCER

ABSTRACTSkin cancers are the ones that are caused in skin cells and may led to their abnormalgrowth. They are majorly caused due to exposure to UV radiation that arises from sun rays. Theissue is of concern in UK as there has been an upsurge in skin cancer rates of UK since 1970. Asper the studies, around 1, 00000 new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed every year. The diseasehas then a tendency to kill over 2500 people in UK on a yearly basis. Hence the present researchreport will thus analyze the causes as well as risk factors of cancer that has caused such anincrease in UK. The UK specific statistics related to skin cancer will be also be discussed andanalyzed. From the report it has been concluded that skin cancer is a major form of cancer inUK. This is due to high exposure with UV rays found in sun as well as presence of Caucasianpopulation that have a greater tendency of developing skin cancer. Other than that reducedclothing, ozone depletion, genetics, lifestyle change are the major risk factors of skin cancer. Itcan thus be recommended to adhere with technique related to Sun protection as well as focusingon early detection for other population who has likelihood to develop skin cancer.

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Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................71.1Research project description (brief overview of nature of project)..................................71.2Research Aims and Objectives.........................................................................................71.3Critical review of key references......................................................................................81.4Research methodology......................................................................................................91.5 Structure of the project..........................................................................................................9Chapter 1 introduction – The section will focus on discussing the aims, objective, backgroundstudy as well as rationale of selected topic. Focus will also be given carrying out a critical reviewof references.....................................................................................................................................9CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW.......................................................................................112.1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................112.2 Statistics in UK of skin cancer.............................................................................................112.3 Causes..................................................................................................................................132.4 Risk factors..........................................................................................................................14CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY.................................................................................................15CHAPTER 4 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 1000....................................................194.1 Data Collection....................................................................................................................194.2 Data Analysis and Discussion.............................................................................................195.1 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................225.2 Recommendations................................................................................................................22

The present study has been carried on to analyze causes and risk factors of skin cancer.However, the research has further got scope to focus on making it cause specific. It can berelated to identifying how skin cancer is caused due to presence of ionizing radiations.Research study can further be done on how arsenic may cause skin cancer. Other than thetopic areas for further research can be Risk reduction for nonmelanoma skin cancer withchildhood sunscreen use............................................................................................................23Kricker, A., Armstrong, B. K. and English, D. R., 1994. Sun exposure and non-melanocyticskin cancer. Cancer Causes & Control. 5(4). pp.367-392.........................................................25Villanueva, M. T., 2015. Tumorigenesis: miRNAs [mdash] novel regulators in skincancer.Nature Reviews Cancer. 15(1). pp.5-5..........................................................................26

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Research project description (brief overview of nature of project) Skin cancers are the ones that arise from skin due to development of abnormal cells. Itbegins from normal skin cells that further transform to reproduce in an out-of-control manner.Unlike other cancers, this type of disease does not have a potential to spread towards other bodypart. These cancers include melanoma, basal cell, and squamous cell. Among the skin cancertypes, Melanoma is less command is also not so dangerous in comparison to other variants (SkinCancer, 2015). The chosen topic of study is to identify the causes of skin cancer. The rationalefor the same is due to increased incidences of these cancers in UK. As per the studies, around 1,00000 new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed every year. The disease has then a tendency to killover 2500 people in UK on a yearly basis (Skin cancer statistics, 2015). It accounts to everyseven people on a daily basis. The statistics thus clergy show the complexity of issue. In thisregard, these cancers can be treated well if the causes are identified properly. Research Aims and Objectives AimTo assess the causes and risk factors associated with skin cancer Objectives To analyze the statistics of skin cancer in UKTo analyze what causes skin cancer To identify the population groups that is vulnerable to develop skin cancerTo suggest strategies for reducing the chances of skin cancerCritical review of key referencesArmstrong and Kricker, 2001 in there study have pointed out that basal cell carcinoma,squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma are caused due to sun exposure. The incidence rate hasfurther been found to be higher in fair skinned rather than dark skinned people. The study furtherrecommends to implementing sun protection (Arnmstrong and Kricker, 2001).

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