Health

Skin cancer a greater risk in Arizona

Sunscreen and a hat will help limiting exposure to the sun.

American Cancer Society

Errol Turner thought he was going to have an uneventful trip when he went to Colorado to visit his aunt and uncle over summer vacation.

A few weeks later, Turner, then 15, landed himself on an operating table after his aunt noticed a couple of moles on his back that turned out to be malignant melanoma — a deadly skin cancer that could have spread aggressively.

His aunt told the boy to be sure to tell his father about the moles and get seen by a doctor after he returned home to Arizona.

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