Axolotls in Peril

4. When they take a sample of your tissue for a pathologist to examine it.
5. When you expose yourself to the sun’s UV rays or UV light from artificial sources.
7. A type of capsule that emits the same type of light as the sun.
10. Removing the surrounding area with skin cancer.
11. Irregular shape
14. A person who specializes in diagnosing and treating cancer.
16. Your area of your skin that’s different from the skin around it.
17. Light from the sun.
19. When you eat medications to improve your immune system to kill cancer cells.
20. When cancer cells break off from the original tumor, enter your bloodstream and start spreading.

1. The most serious type of skin cancer because it can spread to other areas of your body.
2. A disease that involves the growth of abnormal cells in your skin tissues.
3. Basal cells in the lower part of your outside layer of your skin.
6. Enlarging, changing in shape, color or size.
8. Cells that form outside the layer of your skin.
9. Precancerous skin growths that are rough, scaly, dark pink-to-brown patches.
12. A person who specializes in treating or diagnosing changes in skin.
13. Where they just removed the diseased tissue trying to save the healthy tissues in important areas.
15. Where an Oncologist uses radiation to kill off the cancer cells or to stop them from multiplying or growing.
18. When a dermatologist uses liquid nitrogen to freeze skin cancer.