The screenings are part of a national campaign to encourage early detection and teach prevention of skin cancer – May 4 is Melanoma Monday, an official day of awareness for the most deadly form of skin cancer. More than 1 million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year.
“The key to successful treatment of most types of skin cancer is early detection and treatment,” said Thomas M. DeMarco, MD, Medical Director of the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute. Current estimates are that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime and those rates are higher on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
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