Skin cancer is America’s most common cancer and it’s estimated that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. The American Cancer Society estimates that nearly 8,000 people will die of melanoma in the U.S. this year. That’s why early detection and treatment of any type of skin cancer is so important.
In a recent article in The Newport Daily News, Brown Surgical Associates’ Dr. Bradford Gray and Dr. Randal Ingham, II from Lifespan’s Cancer Institute at Newport Hospital detailed what everyone needs to know about the disease.