Skin Cancer Knowledge Is Power
websitebuilder • March 15, 2020
Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed type of cancer in the United States. Rates are rising every year despite general knowledge of risk factors and precautions to take also rising.
There is also still a misconception in the general public that only people with fair skin are at risk for skin cancer. But specialists point out that although their risk may be higher, skin cancer can occur in all skin tones and at all ages.
As for the skin cancer screening apps that have recently come on the market, professionals suggest using them as an additional screening method, not a replacement for seeing a specialist in person.
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Alex Trebek, must loved host of Jeopardy!, has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Earlier this month he spoke candidly about how he has been doing since he diagnosis a year ago. He also talks about how happy he is to have reached the one year survival marker, which only 18% of those who are diagnosed reach.

"I never think of you as someone who had cancer" was said to Liza Bernstein after multiple cancer diagnoses. Later, during her third experience with cancer, in a haze of exhaustion and despair, she realized that it was impossible for cancer not to be a part of her identity. She asked herself, "Why should I cower in the denial of my experience because it inconveniences others?" From that moment, Liza decided to use her experiences and her identity for good, to help others. And she has continued to do just that since that moment in time.