Skin Cancer

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can be avoided. A change in lifestyle can reduce the risk of skin
cancer. This includes awareness of the reality of skin cancer, avoiding the sun,
and self-examination and screening.
Most of the time when people think of a serious disease they think of
things like lung cancer, heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases, and
other hot topic diseases of that nature. Skin cancer awareness and the
seriousness of skin cancer is far less emphasized. The MMWR did a survey of
knowledge of and awareness about melanoma in the united states in 1995. In 1996,
an estimated 38,300 cases of melanoma were diagnosed, and an approximately
7300 melanoma deaths would occur . Intervention strategies can be developed
with information and public awareness of melanoma. (MMWR) To help awareness and
public knowledge about melanoma, the American Academy of Dermatology conducted a
nation wide survey in 1995. (shown in appendix A) This report summarizes the
survey findings, which indicate ...

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