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Anyone Can Get Skin Cancer--Even if They Have Darker Skin
Statement from National Cancer Institute clinical-research nurse Irene
Ekwede ("eck-way-day") in:
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(87 seconds)
-- How Will You Use This Story? --
(EKWEDE):
"YOU MAY HAVE
HEARD THAT PEOPLE WITH LIGHT SKIN, LIGHT-COLORED HAIR, AND BLUE OR GREEN
EYES HAVE A GREATER RISK FOR DEVELOPING SKIN-CANCER. BUT, DID YOU
KNOW THAT PEOPLE WITH DARKER SKIN ARE AT RISK FOR SKIN-CANCER, TOO?
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU CONSIDER YOUR SKIN [TO BE] LIGHT, DARK, OR
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN--ANYONE CAN GET SKIN-CANCER. WHILE
SKIN-CANCER IS LESS COMMON AMONG PEOPLE WITH DARKER SKIN, IT IS OFTEN
DETECTED AT LATER OR ADVANCED STAGES. IN FACT, DATA SHOW THAT,
WHEN MINORITY-AMERICANS ARE DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA--THE MOST-SEVERE
FORM OF SKIN-CANCER--IT IS USUALLY AT A LATER STAGE, WHEN THE DISEASE IS
HARDER TO TREAT. THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE HAS CREATED
A BROCHURE THAT CONTAINS THE FACTS [THAT] YOU NEED TO KNOW [IN ORDER] TO
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SKIN-CANCER: YOU CAN ORDER 'ANYONE CAN
GET SKIN-CANCER' AT 1-800-4-'CANCER'--THAT IS,
1-800-422-6237--OR [YOU CAN] DOWNLOAD A COPY AT
W-W-W-DOT-'CANCER'-DOT-GOV-SLASH-'PUBLICATIONS'. SHARE IT
WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY--SO THAT YOU CAN ALL TRY TO AVOID
SKIN-CANCER, AND STAY HEALTHY."
