This is a presentation for training volunteers who are part of the National Melanoma Awareness Project's Spot a Spot program.

1. Melanoma Awareness Project: Video Training www.spotaspot.org Spot a Spot. Save a Life.

2. Melanoma Awareness Project © 2005 Joel Myres Melanoma Awareness Project Funded by the John Wayne Cancer Foundation Supported by the Children’s Hospital of Orange County & UCI School of Medicine www.spotaspot.org Spot a Spot. Save a Life.

47. What Does Early Detection Mean? 60

49. This is your skin…

54. While wrinkles can occur naturally with age, they can appear earlier and be more severe because of sun exposure we get when we’re young. INTSERT PICTURES OF CELEBRITIES!!!!!! ©copyright Nick Vedros

55. Sun Damage  Skin Cancer

58. It’s easy to SPOT A SPOT: The ABCD’s of Melanoma A SSYMETRY: -If you were to fold it in half, the two sides wouldn’t match up. B ORDER IRREGULARITY : -Jagged or blurred edges rather than smooth, continuous line. C OLOR VARIATION or C HANGE: -Two or more different colors are present. -A mole has been changing in any way. D IAMETER: -Any sudden or continuing growth -Any mole larger than 6mm (pencil-top eraser) (Images and text borrowed with permission from the American Academy of Dermatology 6 )

59. Melanoma If you notice a mole on your body that has changed or has any of the ABCD features, go to a dermatologist (skin doctor) right away to have it checked. DON’T WAIT!!! Photographs courtesy of Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD

60. Melanoma If you notice a mole on your body that has changed or has any of the ABCD features, go to a dermatologist (skin doctor) right away to have it checked. DON’T WAIT!!! Photographs courtesy of Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD

61. Melanoma If you notice a mole on your body that has changed or has any of the ABCD features, go to a dermatologist (skin doctor) right away to have it checked. DON’T WAIT!!! Photographs courtesy of Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD

62. Melanoma If you notice a mole on your body that has changed or has any of the ABCD features, go to a dermatologist (skin doctor) right away to have it checked. DON’T WAIT!!! Photographs courtesy of Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD

63. Warning!!!

64. Melanoma If you notice a mole on your body that has changed or has any of the ABCD features, go to a dermatologist (skin doctor) right away to have it checked. DON’T WAIT!!! Photographs courtesy of Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD

65. It’s easier to SPOT A SPOT if you look for it! (Images and text borrowed with permission from the American Academy of Dermatology 6 )

66. It’s easier to SPOT A SPOT if you look for it! (Images and text borrowed with permission from the American Academy of Dermatology 6 )

70. February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981 Photographs courtesy of Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD

71. Photographs courtesy of Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD Today’s Melanoma Survivors:

75. Breast Cancer

77. Understanding the Cancer

79. Self Breast Exam

80. Testicular Cancer

82. Knowing Your Body

83. Group Activities

85. Day at the Beach

86. Day in the Snow

87. Outdoor Sports

88. Tanning

89. A B C D Photograph courtesy of Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD SPOT the SPOT: MELANOMA vs. MOLE?

90. A B Photographs courtesy of Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD SPOT the SPOT: MELANOMA vs. MOLE?

91. A B C D Photographs courtesy of Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD SPOT the SPOT: MELANOMA vs. MOLE?