A nursing instructor quizzes a group of students on risk factors for basal and squamous cell cancer. Which responses by the students indicate that further teaching is needed? Select all that apply
a. Older adults
b. Radiation therapy
c. Personal history of skin cancer
d. Fair-skinned people with dark color eyes
e. Long-term or severe skin inflammation or injury
f. Chemical exposure (e.g. arsenic, industrial tar, coal, paraffin, petroleum products)
A, B, C, E, F
Risk factors for basal and squamous cell cancer include immunosuppression; smoking; ultraviolet light (sunlight, tanning beds and lamps); xeroderma pigmentosum; psoralen and ultraviolet light treatments for psoriasis; human papillomavirus; and basal cell nevus syndrome (Gorlin syndrome). Also fair-skinned people are particularly at risk especially those who freckle or burn easily, those with light color hair or red hair, as well as those with light color eyes (blue/green).
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