Augusta Health Cancer Center will conduct its annual free Skin Cancer Screening on Monday May 23 beginning at 5:30 pm. The screening will be held on the first floor of the Cancer Center and is open to anyone who has not been screened in the past two years. Please call 540.332.5961 or 540.932.5961 for an appointment.
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Over the past few years, the incidence of melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer, is increasing. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the risk factors for skin cancer are:
- A lighter natural skin color
- A personal history of skin cancer
- A family history of melanoma
- Exposure to the sun through work and play
- A history of sunburns in early life
- Skin that burns, freckles, reddens easily, or becomes painful in the sun
- Blue or green eyes
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