http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-LkUGhzm4s
http://www.skincancer.org/true-stories/letterman
Watch the footage as the two celeb’s discuss their bouts with skin cancer. And after you do, go ahead and make that appointment for your skin sreening exam. (And slather on the SPF.)
DID YOU KNOW?
- Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer; an estimated 2.8 million are diagnosed annually in the US. BCCs are rarely fatal, but can be highly disfiguring if allowed to grow.
- One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime.
- About 90 percent of nonmelanoma skin cancers are associated with exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun.