ILOs

• Understand the effects of ultraviolet light in the skin
• Know the clinical features, prognosis and management of basal cell carcinoma
• Know the clinical features, prognosis and management of squamous cell carcinoma
• Know the clinical features, prognosis and management of malignant melanoma
• Describe some tumour syndromes with cutaneous presentations
• Know some of the common benign skin lesions

• Are most skin lesions benign or malignant?
• What causes skin cancer?
• What are the main types of skin cancer?
• A diagram showing us where the tumours occur in the skin…

Basal Cell Carcinoma

• Outline the basic facts of basal cell carcinoma…
• What does a nodular basal cell carcinoma look like?
• If a nodular basal cell carcinoma is left untreated…
• Here’s a superficial basal cell carcinoma…
• Now, let’s look at a pigmented basal cell carcinoma…
• Look at this morphoeic/sclerotic basal cell carcinoma…
• How do we treat basal cell carcinoma?