AMSA: Aware of Melanoma Skin-cancer with ABCDE Airlangga University Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Indonesia is one of tropical countries. This tropical climate has impact in Indonesia, therefore there are two seasons in Indonesia, rain and dry season. Recently, the changing of seasons in Indonesia become uncertain, so there is a time when long dry season occurred in Indonesia. The long dry season with unusual heat of the sun makes impact likes drought, wildfire, and one of all impact is melanoma skincancer. The heat of the sun contain of Ultraviolet( UV) exposure which very dangerous for human’ s skin and could cause melanoma skin-cancer. Melanoma cancer is in number five of the most dangerous cancer in Indonesia, which every year causes a lot of death.
In this poster, we wanna tell how to aware the melanoma skin-cancer with simple and easy way. The method is basically just observing. But in this observation we made it more clear by show what should be observed specifically. What should be observed to aware of melanoma easier, in this poster, we call it ABCDE checklist. ABCDE checklist is defined as Asymmetrial Shape, Border, Color,, Diameter, and Evolution. By observe those five indicators we will able to tell whether it is normal moles or melanoma skin-cancer which those two look similar.
Team: Wega Yusan Wira Perdana
Yunita Ratri Adhiningsih Agnes Ilene Suprapro Puteri