Rough, scaly patches on the skin can sometimes be precancerous. Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD, president of The Skin Cancer Foundation, explains how to look — and feel — for actinic keratoses, so they can be diagnosed and treated early.
Victoria is Senior Director of Digital Strategy, heading up The Skin Cancer Foundation's content strategy for the website, blog and social media. She has decades of experience writing and editing content related to health care, chronic and communicable diseases, global health, cancer and cancer research. Victoria has worked on website launches and digital content creation and strategy for Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Cycle for Survival and Fred's Team fundraising programs, AmeriCares global health and emergency response programs, DKMS bone marrow donor center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.
Rough, scaly patches on the skin can sometimes be precancerous. Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD, president of The Skin Cancer Foundation, explains how to look — and feel — for actinic keratoses, so they can be diagnosed and treated early.
The Aylozyan Family Foundation provided a generous gift to the Save Destination Healthy Skin campaign, helping the Foundation reach its goal to purchase a new RV and continue to provide free skin cancer screenings around the country.
Misinformation about sunscreen safety has been circulating on social media for years. The most recent claim, that wearing sunscreen is harmful and may even cause skin cancer, is not only false but dangerous. We asked a top expert, Elizabeth Buzney, MD, outpatient clinical director of the Department of Dermatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and assistant professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School, to weigh in on this concerning trend. She also serves on The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Photobiology Committee.
Our expert oncologist shares her top insights from 25 years of experience treating patients with advanced skin cancers.
The brave men and women who serve our country know they accept some risks, but they may not know that one of them is skin cancer. We asked Jonathan L. Bingham, MD, a Mohs surgeon in Great Falls, Montana, and a flight surgeon with the Montana Air National Guard, to tell us more about this danger.
Before you hit the road or board a train or plane this season, here’s a new way to make your trip safer: Protect yourself from the sun while you’re getting to your destination.
It could be skin cancer, says Ali Hendi, MD, a dermatologist and skin cancer specialist in the Washington, DC, area. And because they’re hidden, these skin cancers often aren’t detected early, when they have the highest chance for minimal treatment and a cure.
Wrinkles, dark spots, freckles, hyperpigmentation, even freckles are signs of sun damage. Our experts share what you can do to improve your skin.
When dermatologist Tamara Lazic Strugar, MD, was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in 2022, she made time to pursue a dream related to children and sun protection.
Baseball is an American family afternoon tradition, but so is the sunburn that often comes with it. Top tips to keep everyone’s skin protected at the old ballgame.
