The Daviess County Health Department will offer a free skin cancer screening on Wednesday, May 25, by appointment only. This screening is not diagnostic, but rather a screening to refer suspect moles or lesions to a licensed physician.
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Skin cancer is on the rise. The American Cancer Society estimated in 2005 that melanoma (just one type of skin cancer) accounted for 59,580 of the cases of skin cancer in the United States. In 2010, the rate for melanoma had risen to 68,130 cases. The death rate had also risen from 7,770 to 8,700 respectively. Taking into consideration all forms of skin cancer, one in five Americans will have skin cancer sometime in their lifetime.
Since one in five will be diagnosed with skin cancer, it is very important to get your skin checked on a regular basis.
May is Skin Cancer Prevention Month and the health department wants to do its part to help identify skin cancer in its earliest stages, when it is the most curable, by offering a skin cancer screening.
For more information or to set up an appointment, please call the Daviess County Health Department at 660-663-2414 or 1-866-663-2414.