Dr. Angela Lamb: "Daily Checkup: Now is the Time of Year to be Especially Aware of Dangers of Skin Cancer"
Common almost to the point of ubiquity, skin cancer will affect one in five Americans over the course of their lifetime, making it the single most common cancer diagnosis in the country.
"Skin cancers originate in the skin, when normal cells mutate and start overproducing, which causes a tumor to form," said Angela J. Lamb, MD, Director of Westside Faculty Practice, Mount Sinai Dermatology, and Instructor of Dermatology at The Mount Sinai Hospital. "Protecting your skin from the sun and the early detection of tumors are the best defense against skin cancer." Learn more