UPMC Cancer Centers Presents, "A Reason to Hope: New Advances in the Treatment of Skin Cancer"

PITTSBURGH, April 25 – Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States and accounts for about half of all cancer cases. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 68,780 new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed by the end of 2006. Although most people don't die from skin cancer, education and prevention are key to fighting this disease.

To provide more information about skin cancer, UPMC Cancer Centers will sponsor "A Reason to Hope: New Advances in the Treatment of Skin Cancer," at 6:30 pm, Thursday, May 11, in the Cooper Conference Center Classrooms, ground floor of the Hillman Cancer Center, 5115 Centre Ave., Shadyside.

Larisa J. Geskin, MD, F.A.A.D., assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will present the lecture.

The talk is one in a series of cancer lectures sponsored by UPMC Cancer Centers for patients, their families and the public.

The presentation is free and open to the public. Registration is required and space is limited. Free parking will be available across from the Hillman Cancer Center in the UPMC Shadyside Medical Center garage on Centre Avenue. For more information and to register, please call (412) 623-3651.

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UPMC News Bureau