Dr. Doug Pitman MD runs Whitefish Personalized Healthcare in Whitefish, Montana, Big Sky country, where outdoors' lovers are at risk for the three levels of skin cancer.
SignatureMD.com urges people to follow the news from two leading non-profit organizations, The SHADE Foundation and Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA), to increase awareness for this preventable form of cancer.
Skin cancer knows no boundaries, and affects every gender, age, ethnicity and region. Dr. Pittman and SignatureMD's efforts are to increase education and outreach efforts and to save lives.
Highlights from Dr. Pittman' statement to Monsters and Critics:
• Even though skin cancer is the most common cancer, many women and men have not seen a dermatologist for a full body scan for skin cancer.
• One person dies every hour from melanoma and there are more new cases of skin cancer than breast, prostrate, lung and colon cancers combined.
• Concern for cancer is high except when it comes to skin cancer, which people do not see as deadly as other types of cancer.
• When it comes to using sunscreen while being exposed to the sun, only one in five lather it on daily.
• Most people know of someone diagnosed with skin cancer.
• It is never acceptable to use indoor tanning beds.
• A blistering sunburn puts you at higher risk for melanoma.
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