Skin Cancer Awareness

Diseases of the Week

    

Skin Cancer Awareness

• CDC feature: Skin cancer awareness: Protect your skin
• CDC information: People who have a close relative (parent, sibling, or child) with a specific type of skin cancer called melanoma may be at greater risk of developing the disease than the general population
• NCI information: Skin cancer risk factors include inherited disorders, such as xeroderma pigmentosum or nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, that make the skin more sensitive to the sun and increases the risk of skin cancer
• NCI Physician Desk Queries (PDQs): Genetics of skin cancer