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The Friday before Memorial Day has been named “Don’t Fry Day” to encourage sun safety awareness and to remind everyone to protect their skin while enjoying the outdoors. To help reduce rising rates of skin cancer caused by overexposure to the ultraviolet radiation (UVR) from the sun and tanning beds, practice the ACE message:

A - Avoid too much UVR

C - Cover-Up with clothing and sunscreen

E - Examine your skin regularly for new or changing spots

Watch the video on the difference between sunscreen types! 

We ware so luck to have Lily on our team. She has been a great asset to the SCI. Thank you Lily!

Our co-director Clara Curiel is a trusted dermatologist in Tuscon. Watch her video below how to perform a self skin-exam to learn about the importance of checking your skin and what to look for. 

How To Perform A Self-Examination

Skin self-examination is as important as other forms of self-examination, such as that for breast cancer or testicular cancer. Skin cancer survival rates are much higher if the cancer is found in an early stage. Both men and women should examine their skin once a month to look for any changes in moles and other spots on their skin or new spots.

You'll need a:

• well-lighted room
• full-length mirror
• hand mirror
• chair/stool

	Examine your head and face in the mirror. Check your scalp and around your hairline. It may be helpful to use a comb to help part the hair so you can see the skin underneath.
	In a full-length mirror, examine elbows, arms and underarms. Don’t forget to look in the folds of your skin, including the skin under breasts.
	Look down at the front of your upper body checking your arms, shoulders, chest and stomach all the way down to your waist.
	Look at your hands. With your fingers spread, check the tops of your hands and fingernails. Then, turn your hands over and check your palms.
	With your back to a full -length mirror, use a hand mirror to inspect the back of your neck, ears, shoulders, upper arms, back and buttocks.
	Sit down to check your legs and feet, including soles, heels, and toe nails. Use the hand mirror to examine the backs of your thighs, calves and genitals.

If you find something unusual on your skin that doesn't go away, 

see your dermatologist or healthcare provider.

Summer Sanders talked with us about her experience with skin cancer and the importance of protecting your skin from the sun.

The clinicians and researchers at the Skin Cancer Institute are committed to generating new ideas about skin cancer etiology, prevention and treatment, and then translating these ideas and discoveries from the laboratory into the clinic and into the community. We are also committed to growing new, successful researchers. A skin cancer-free future requires planning today for new ideas and trained researchers. These ideas and these researchers need research dollars and a supportive environment to flourish.

Our seed grant is designed to help University of Arizona researchers test novel ideas for prevention, detection or treatment of melanoma and other skin cancers. These grants are designed to be ‘seeds’ to help new research ideas grow into larger research proposals that can be competitive for national funding and to help young investigators grow their careers. 

Today is Melanoma Monday, a day to raise awareness about this deadly form of skin cancer, and share the importance of sun protection and skin cancer detection.

Today and every day, practice the ACE message:

A - Avoid tanning beds and too much sun. 

C - Cover-Up with long sleeves, pants, sunglasses, hats and sunscreen.

E - Examine your skin regularly, and see your healthcare provider if you find anything new or unusual.

Learn more about the important we do at The Skin Cancer Institute in this video.