Skin cancer awareness low among minorities

By C. E. Huggins NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black and Hispanic people and other minorities tend to know less about skin cancer than whites, a new study suggests. "Our findings emphasize the need for improved patient education about characteristics of melanoma, regardless of race," researchers led by Dorota Z. Korta, of the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York, wrote. People of all races are equally at risk of getting skin cancer on the palms of their hands or soles of their feet - but those aren't common places for sun exposure, said Dr. Darrell Rigel. He is a former president of the American Academy of Dermatology and a dermatology professor at New York University, but wasn't involved in the new study.



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