The
Regional Cancer Center at Saint Annes Hospital held
its 19th annual skin cancer screening on May 20, 2014 by board-certified
dermatologists. These visual screenings are designed to examine specific
areas of concern that anyone has free of charge. "We started out at
the Truesdale Clinic forty years ago, and Dr. Rex and I were the first
in the nation. . . to start doing these," stated dermatologist
Arthur Daily, M.D. who was on hand at the screening. "They've been
ultimately successful both at recognizing and treating skin cancer in
patients who otherwise might not have that opportunity," he added.
The American
Cancer Society advises getting a skin cancer screening for anyone
who notices a change on the skin, especially in the size or color of a
mole or other darkly-pigmented growth or spot, or a new growth. Also
scaliness, oozing, bleeding or changes in the appearance of a bump or
nodule might also be a sign as is the spread of pigmentation beyond its
border, such as dark coloring that spreads past the edge of a mole or
mark Click here for a
90-second 
video of the screening. For more information, contact
Coordinator of Strategic Communications Anne Ferreira at 508-235-5056. |
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(Top row)
Saint Anne's Hospital Cancer Registrar Diana Hughes, CTR, and Oncology
Coder Dawn Cavanaugh, RHIT, CCS, CTR, welcome patients at the free
screening and offer free sun screen lotion as part of the screening.
(Rows two and three) Physician Arthur Daily, M.D., talks with Jesse
Bertholde before he performs a screening on his chest which has been
exposed to the sun over many years and resulted in the need to remove
some cancerous cells a number of years ago. (Bottom row) Dr. Daily found
no new cancer and talks with Hospital Public Relations Director Anne
Ferreira about the success of the program over the past twenty years in
detecting and successfully removing skin cancers before they became a
serious problem. |
