Skin cancer: More common than you might think

From: Soldiers | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

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WITH the summer sun comes a disease that kills nearly one million Americans each year: skin cancer. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, one in five Americans develops skin cancer.

"Its prevention is simple, yet difficult for Americans to value since a bronze tan is part of our cultural vision of beauty," said COL Frances J. Sorge, of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine.

Parts of the body that are regularly exposed to the sun - face, ears, hands, forearms and shoulders - are most vulnerable to skin cancer. People who work outdoors, such as ...

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