Summary: There was a terrific buzz from the attendees after the presentation Dr Lien s message was taken to heart and very well received said Patricia Short Finance and Administration Operations Manager Florida Department of Transportation District 7 Being a melanoma surgical patient myself over the years I have researched and learned a lot about skin cancer Even so Dr Lien presented information that was new to me I was very pleased to have had the opportunity to see her presentation Skin Cancer 101 Caught in time the cure rate for the most common skin cancers Basal Cell Carcinoma Squamous is 90 95 The key is early detection and treatment No one knows the exact causes of melanoma Doctors can seldom explain why some individuals get melanoma and others do not What researchers do know is that people with certain risk factors are more likely than others to develop melanoma A risk factor is defined as anything that increases a person s chance of developing a disease There was a terrific buzz from the attendees after the presentation Dr Lien s message was taken to heart and very well received said Patricia Short Finance and Administration Operations Manager Florida Department of Transportation District 7 Being a melanoma surgical patient myself over the years I have researched and learned a lot about skin cancer Even so Dr Lien presented information that was new to me I was very pleased to have had the opportunity to see her presentation Skin Cancer 101 Caught in time the cure rate for the most common skin cancers Basal Cell Carcinoma Squamous is 90 95 The key is early detection and treatment No one knows the exact causes of melanoma Doctors can seldom explain why some individuals get melanoma and others do not What researchers do know is that people with certain risk factors are more likely than others to develop melanoma A risk factor is defined as anything that increases a person s chance of developing a disease
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