Skin Cancer: Know the Facts!
By: Gord Pyzer
(Photo courtesy of Realtree)
Skin cancer now accounts for one in every three cancer diagnoses and one out of every five Americans will get the disease at some point in their lives
Like so many anglers who grew up in the last half of the last century, I am now visiting my doctor annually to have pre-cancerous growths removed from my arms, legs, neck, hands and face.
But it could be worse – a lot worse – as the World Health Organization (WHO) notes that skin cancer now accounts for one in every three cancer diagnoses and one out of every five Americans will get the disease at some point in their lives.
Oh, yes, and if you’re one of the many who think that skin cancer is somehow less than serious, you had better think again, because in North America someone dies from it every hour. More worrisome is the fact that melanoma – the most fatal form of skin cancer – is the fastest rising in America.
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