The Sun, Your Skin, and Skin Cancer

During the summer months and times of intense UV rays, it's very important to take care of your body's largest organ. The skin. A previously written Fall Report discussed skin tanning and sunburn and the increased risk of skin cancer as it relates to excess ultraviolet light exposure. Some little known facts: More than a million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with skin cancer each year. One person dies every hour from skin cancer, primarily melanoma. There are more new cases of skin cancer each year than the combined incidence of cancers of the breast,