Free skin cancer screening program may lead to earlier detection
New research presented at the American Academy of Dermatology’s (AAD) 2017 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla., Mar. 3 to 7, emphasized the importance of skin cancer prevention and early detection. Investigators examined data collected from 118,085 individuals who received a free skin cancer screening through the AAD’s SPOTme® program in 2009 and 2010. Approximately one-third of those surveyed indicated that they had recently observed a change in the size, shape or colour of a mo