Certified Nurse Practitioner Danielle Berg of U.S. Dermatology Partners in St. Joseph and Platte City, MO recently spoke with News-Press NOW for to share insights on skin cancer awareness for summer.
Read Full Article HereOf the different types of cancer, skin cancer is seen as one of the most common, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.
Every year, over 5 million people are diagnosed with skin cancer in the U.S.
With summer on the horizon and May being known as Skin Cancer Awareness Month, officials are providing insight to ways people can stay safe and recognize any red flags.
The most dangerous form of skin cancer is melanoma, which results from melanocytes- or- the cells that produce melanin and give skin its pigment.
“The melanomas can metastasize,” U.S. Dermatology Partners St. Joseph Nurse Practitioner Danielle Berg said. “If you see a lesion that is dark or changing color, then certainly those are the ones we want to see. But they also can go internally as well. So those with melanoma we follow pretty closely for five years generally after a melanoma removal.”
Melanoma is known as the most dangerous because it can rapidly spread to other parts of the body. It can appear either as new growth or an existing mole.
