Well: Skin Cancer on the Rise in Young Women

Friday, July 5, 2013 - 10:10 in Health & Medicine

Friends and colleagues were surprised to see the scar on my face because I was only 28. Even the medical resident who attended my surgery said I was the youngest skin cancer patient she had met. But as I learned more about skin cancer, I discovered that it is becoming increasingly common, especially among young women.

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