The Lifesaving Road Trip Screening Tour Raises Awareness Regarding Skin Cancer
The statistics are staggering-and growing. More than 1.5 million folks will be diagnosed with skin cancer this year. There are more new cases of skin cancer within the U.S. than breast, prostate, lung and colon cancer combined. The key to keeping skin healthy? Detect and treat skin cancer as early as possible. Caught in the first stages, skin cancer is treatable.
“Many individuals are in danger, but skin cancer is also one of the most preventable and treatable kinds of cancer,” says Dr. Mark Lebwohl, Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medication, New York.
To lift awareness of skin cancer and early detection and treatment, The Skin Cancer Foundation and Doak Dermatologics, a division of Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., have joined forces on an innovative public service campaign. Throughout 2006, The Skin Cancer Screening Tour is heading to major cities across the U.S. to perform this vital service.
Doak Dermatologics has engineered a custom-designed Mobile Diagnosis Vehicle (MDv) that can be staffed by local, board-certified dermatologists in every town, prepared to offer free skin cancer screenings. The physicians will be looking for four primary sorts of skin cancer or precancerous skin conditions:
1. Actinic Keratosis (AK), which affects 1.3 million folks annually. AK is the most common kind of precancerous skin lesion. If left untreated, AK can result in squamous cell carcinoma.
2. Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) is a kind of skin cancer that affects 200,000 Americans every year. SCC will metastasize (spread) quickly. SCCs that metastasize most often arise on mucous membranes or lips.
3. Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) is a common kind of skin cancer, affecting more than 800,000 Americans annually. Chronic exposure to daylight is most often the reason for BCC, that occurs most often on exposed elements of the body.
4. Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer and has increased additional rapidly than any alternative type of skin cancer throughout the past ten years. By 2010, melanoma is projected to rise in one in fifty Americans. If diagnosed and removed early, melanoma is sort of 100% curable.
Get Screened Today!
When The Skin Cancer Screening Tour comes to town, be certain to pay it a visit. In fact, you do not have to attend for the MDv to urge screened. Build an arrangement with your local dermatologist for a screening once you can.
Whether it’s on the MDv or with your dermatologist, the important issue is to urge screened early and, if needed, treated. It may save your life.
A cross-country tour helps drive several folks toward better health.