SunWise Skin Cancer Prevention Program

ADHS Cancer Programs Receive National Recognition

By |2017-02-10T09:49:10-07:00September 8th, 2015|General|

The Arizona Cancer Registry and the Arizona SunWise Skin Cancer Prevention Program recently received national recognition from the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC released their first annual 2015 Skin Cancer Prevention Progress Report. The document is a follow-up data report to the U.S. Surgeon [...]

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Melanoma Reporting

By |2017-02-10T09:49:27-07:00October 28th, 2014|Prevention|

Melanoma skin cancer is the deadliest form of skin cancer.  Many believe that Arizona has similar age adjusted incidence rates to Australia, the world’s highest rate.  But during the middle of the last decade, the Arizona Cancer Registry data showed a puzzling decline in cancer rates. The AZ Melanoma Task Force to look at the [...]

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