Maine Hair Stylists, Barbers and Massage Therapists Recruited to Help Spot Skin Cancer
“Skinny on Skin”
March 23, 2015, 12:00-2:00pm,Southern Maine Health Care, Biddeford Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Biddeford, ME, Conference Rooms A and C
Keynote speaker: Amylynne Frankel, MD, SMHC Dermatology, Kennebunk, ME
As with most forms of cancer, the earlier that signs of melanoma are discovered, the better a patient’s odds of survival.
Those signs, which come in the form of abnormal moles or lesions, can be difficult to find when they’re on the back of a person’s head or covered by hair.
If you catch a melanoma at its earliest state, you have a much greater cure rate. Very often, by the time these head and scalp and neck lesions are found, they’re at a later stage.