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Monthly Focus for May 2012: Skin Cancer Awareness

May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month and there are many free skin cancer screenings offered during the month. Click on the following link to find a free skin cancer screening event near you:
     http://www.aad.org/skin-conditions/skin-cancer-detection/free-skin-cancer-screenings

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will offer free skin cancer screening exams to the public on Saturday, May 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Cancer Prevention Center at the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Prevention Building, 1155 Pressler Street, Floor 2. Appointments are not being taken. Screening exams are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. For details visit http://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/news-releases/2012/freeskinscreening.html


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