US Melanoma Facts and Statistics

• Incidence is higher than HIV/AIDS and is rising rapidly.

• Most prevalent of all cancers in the 25 to 29 year age group.

• Leading cancer killer of women in the 30 to 35 year age group.

• Can occur anywhere on the skin, even on areas never exposed to sunlight.

• Someone dies of melanoma an average of once every hour in the U.S.

• Most adolescents and young adults have little or no knowledge of melanoma.

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You can learn more about melanoma at www.skincheck.org (link will open new browser window). This is the website of the Melanoma Education Foundation, an organization that is dedicated to raising awareness of melanoma among high school students and works relentlessly towards preventing the tragedy of young lives being lost to melanoma.  Jennifer supported and deeply believed in the work done by this foundation.

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