| Every year there are more new cases of skin cancer | | | | cancer cases and 60,000 US cancer deaths each |
| than breast, prostate, lung and | | | | year. New technologies in the |
| colon cancers combined. One in 5 Americans will get | | | | evaluation and treatment of sun damaged skin could |
| skin cancer in their lifetime. | | | | have a positive impact on |
| 90% of skin cancers are caused by excessive sun | | | | changing these statistics.The same sunny weather |
| exposure, yet fewer than 33 | | | | that attracts so many tourists and new residents to |
| percent of adults, adolescents, and children routinely | | | | the |
| use sun protection.Cancer prevention and early | | | | sun-belt also increases the risk of skin cancer. |
| detection techniques could eliminate up to 100,000 | | | | |