skin cancer
Let an agent explain skin cancer types and warning signs in general terms, route suspicious skin changes to care, describe prevention and treatment with attribution, and support people affected without individual medical advice.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain skin cancer types and warning signs in general terms, route suspicious skin changes to care, describe prevention and treatment with attribution, and support people affected without individual medical advice.
A cancer arising in the skin, including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, and rarer forms, as well as metastases to the skin from other cancers, linked mainly to ultraviolet exposure and diagnosed by examination, dermoscopy and biopsy; skin cancer is the most common cancer in many countries, is largely preventable and often curable when found early.
What it is for: Cancers of the skin.
It can be explain types and warning signs; route suspicious changes to care; describe prevention and treatment; support people affected.
Distinguishing features
Skin origin
UV-related
Early detection matters
Common and preventable
What it looks like
New or changing moles, sores that do not heal, or unusual growths on the skin.
How it is recognised
Malignant growth in skin
Basal cell, squamous cell, melanoma and others
Benign moles and skin lesions are far more common
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - spread to and from skin
is related to - other skin conditions
In practice
Families and kinds
basal cell carcinoma
squamous cell carcinoma
melanoma
rare skin cancers such as Merkel cell carcinoma
metastases to the skin
Standards and regulation
Dermatology and oncology clinical guidelines
Sun protection and sunbed regulations
Skin cancer screening programmes where they exist
Failure modes and hazards
Delayed presentation of suspicious lesions
Agents diagnosing from descriptions or images
Misinformation about sun protection
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Check Suspicious skin changes.
Routing.
Signs
Warning signs.
Signs
Warning signs.
- Which skin changes, such as the ABCDE features of moles or non-healing sores, should be checked promptly, according to guidance? provenance
- Is the user asking for a diagnosis of a lesion, which needs a clinician? boundary
Assess
Getting assessed.
Assess
Assessment.
- How are suspicious lesions assessed with dermoscopy and biopsy, and how can care be accessed here? provenance
- Which screening exists? provenance
Understand Types and causes.
General information.
Types
Kinds of skin cancer.
Types
Types.
- How do basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma differ in behaviour and risk? definition
- Which entry fits a specific type? action
Causes
Risk factors.
Causes
Causes.
- What are the risk factors for skin cancer, including UV exposure, skin type and immunosuppression, according to research? provenance
- How does skin cancer affect people with darker skin? provenance
Prevent Prevention and treatment.
Attribution.
Prevention
Sun protection.
Prevention
Prevention.
- What do health bodies advise on sun protection, sunbeds and skin self-examination? provenance
- Which misinformation is common? provenance
Treatment
Treatment approaches.
Treatment
Treatment.
- Which treatments, from excision to immunotherapy, do guidelines describe for each type, in general terms? provenance
- Which support organisations exist? provenance
Learn Research and teaching.
Context.
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What are current research directions in skin cancer, including AI-assisted detection and its limits? provenance
- How can people participate in research? provenance
Teach
Public education.
Teach
Education.
- How can skin cancer awareness be taught effectively? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each type be a separate entry?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- How should support organisations be localised?