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Photographs of People CDC provides leadership for nationwide efforts to reduce illness and death caused by skin cancer. The focus of CDC's efforts is education and prevention. When in the sun, seek shade, cover up, get a hat, wear sunglasses, and use sunscreen.
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Protect Yourself from the Sun Protect Yourself from the Sun
Protect yourself from the sun to prevent skin cancer, the most common form of cancer in the United States.
Shade Planning for America's Schools Shade Planning for Schools (PDF-1.2MB)
This manual helps schools maintain a physical environment that supports sun safety by ensuring that school grounds have adequate shade.
Sun Safety at Schools: What You Can Do Sun Safety at Schools (PDF-179KB)
This brochure explains how school administrators and staff, parents, and community healthcare service providers can promote sun safety.
Sunscreen Use Among U.S. High School Students, 1999–2003 Sunscreen Use by U.S. High School Students
The use of sunscreen when outside for more than an hour on a sunny day did not change from 1999 to 2003, according to this paper.

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Cáncer de piel

Cancer Burden
50,039 people were diagnosed with melanomas of the skin in 2004.*
7,952 people died from melanomas of the skin in 2004.*
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States.
U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 2004 Incidence and Mortality. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2007.
*The most recent year for which statistics are currently available.

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Page last reviewed: June 25, 2007
Page last updated: October 30, 2007
Content source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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