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April 25, 2017.
From May 15 to 19, 300 dermatologists will offer free skin cancer screening. Objective: to make as many people as possible aware of the dangers of melanoma.
14,000 new cases of skin cancer each year
On the occasion of the 19th national week for the prevention and screening of skin cancer which will take place in May, doctors from the National Union of Dermatologists-Venereologists (SNDV) and the National Cancer Institute (INCa) will offer patients to benefit from a free screening in their doctor’s office. If you want to participate, all you have to do is go to one of these practices, the list of which will be available on the dermatos website.
The objective of this operation is above all to make patients aware of the dangers of too much exposure to the sun and to screen for possible signs of skin cancer. 14,300 new cases of skin cancer were identified in 2015. According to INCa, melanoma is ” cancer for which the number of new cases per year is increasing the most (10% per year for 50 years) “.
It will not be a free dermatology consultation
But how exactly will this week of screening unfold? Doctors who will agree to participate in this campaign ” perform a free screening exam for skin cancer and not a free dermatology consultation “, Specified the SNDV. “There will be no act, treatment or prescription“. So that patients do not expect a global dermatological assessment.
You can make an appointment now on the dermatos website or thanks to the toll-free number 0805 53 2017. There are 2 types of cancer: carcinomas and melanomas. Carcinoma affects the outermost layer of the skin. It is much less worrying than melanoma which must be treated very early because “the only effective treatment” it’s “removal of an incipient tumor», Notes the SNDV.
Marine Rondot
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