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The Skin Cancer Foundation Journal

Our annual magazine, The Skin Cancer Foundation Journalshares advice from experts on skin cancer prevention, early detection and treatment, as well as stories from people who have experienced skin cancer. It also highlights our members, donors, programs and events that all support our efforts to fight the world’s most common cancer.

Driving Detection to Save More Lives in 2025 and Beyond

Year after year, mile after mile, The Skin Cancer Foundation’s mobile free screening and education program, Destination Healthy Skin (DHS), has built a lifesaving legacy of bringing dermatologists to people in communities around the country, touching countless lives along the way.

How We Saved Destination Healthy Skin

In 2024, The Skin Cancer Foundation’s top priority was keeping our mobile skin cancer screening and education program, Destination Healthy Skin (DHS), on the road for years to come. This meant replacing our 14-year-old RV, which had reached the end of its life, with a new, fully customized model that could serve the public for a decade or more.

A Philanthropic Family Affair

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.

Play On, Jimmy Buffett

After a quiet battle with Merkel cell carcinoma, the late musician Jimmy Buffett gives fans a second act, raising awareness for this rare but aggressive disease.

5 Secrets of Sunscreen Users in the U.S.

The best sunscreen is the one you’ll use, so researchers wanted to dig a bit deeper into what makes people use sunscreen, how they apply it and when — with the hopes of getting more people to do it more regularly.

The Next Generation of Skin Cancer Innovators

For more than 40 years, The Skin Cancer Foundation has given grants to early career investigators whose work shows promise in the prevention, detection or treatment of skin cancer. Previous recipients have become trailblazers in their fields and continue to support our mission. Allow us to introduce you to our donors and our three most recent awardees, who share how they balance patient care, research and family life.

We Don’t Want to Scare You, But …

… because too many people still think skin cancer is “no big deal,” maybe we want to scare you a bit. Despite recent advances in detection and treatment, skin cancer is a serious disease that can have devastating consequences. Read our six important lessons and, yes, be a little afraid. It might make all the difference.

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