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Skin Cancer Statistics: What You Need to Know

Kevin Berman, MD, PhD
Kevin Berman, MD, PhD
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Kevin Berman, M.D., Ph.D., is a practicing dermatologist in Atlanta,...

Kevin Berman, MD, PhD

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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Hi everyone. Today I want to talk about some simple statistics about skin cancer so you can see how it affects so many lives. This is especially important for younger people who seem to feel they are invincible and cannot imagine that their behavior (such as using a tanning bed) will affect their hea...
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    Sue
    Wednesday, September 03, 2008 at 12:29 PM

    Thanks Doctor for another great post.  Hopefully our readers will take this information seriously and do everything they can to protect their skin from damage.  Maybe we can start to reduce that number down from one million.

     

    Check out our info on sunburn, sunscreen tips and tanning facts.

     

    All the best, sue

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    kids and sunscreen.
    Anonymous
    Monday, July 06, 2009 at 10:40 PM

    I wish more schools had extensive teaching on the importance of sunscreen in our younger years. Teach our kids to put it on just like a hat or shirt. making it a routine. I send sunscreeen to school with my 1st grader and often she was told no that there was no time to put it on . By a teacher I might add. Our schools aren't helping.

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Actinic Keratosis is a precancerous skin condition that develops when the skin is exposed to sun.

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