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Article: Skin Cancer: Raising awareness: Sun is fun, but dangerous: Many people are still unaware of the risks associated with skin cancer.
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- Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK)
- Article date:
- May 7, 2007
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Byline: Kim Archer
May 7--An estimated 11,000 Americans will die from skin cancer this year, but people still often are not aware of how dangerous it can be.
"I know a lot of people who've had skin cancer who don't really consider themselves cancer survivors," said Cindy Bushnell, community manager for health initiatives at Tulsa's American Cancer Society. "But like any other cancer, it can kill you."
Traci Stackhouse, 37, knows too well how serious skin cancer can be.
"I've had it twice, two years apart," she said. Both were melanomas, and the second time was the most serious as it was advanced and metastatic, meaning it was ready to ...