About 15,000 people per year in the United States are diagnosed with skin cancer, primarily squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma. Murphy Mastin, M.D., board certified dermatologist with the CMH Dermatology Clinic in Bolivar, adds that one in five people are diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime.
Dr. Mastin answers these questions:
• What is the difference between melanoma and skin cancer?
• Where can you get melanoma?
• What causes melanoma?
• Why is early detection important?
• How can you detect melanoma?
• Who is more likely to have melanoma?
• How do you detect melanoma on darker skin?
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