Skin Cancer

By Mona Shand: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - It's Melanoma Monday in Missouri and across the nation, a day centered on the early detection and prevention of a disease that kills thousands of Americans each year. Kimberly Dinsdale, media relations manager for the American Cancer Society, says melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, affects many people...

The sun is now out in full force, and along with the warm weather come certain added risks for our bodies—particularly skin cancer.

Those obsessed with tanning, like Patricia Krentcil and the cast of ‘Jersey Shore,’ may have little to fear in terms of skin cancer provided they take an aspirin a day, says a new report published in the health journal Cancer.