As Skin Cancer Awareness Month gets underway, the University of New Mexico Hospital is offering no-cost screenings Saturday at its facilities in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho.
UNM Associate Professor Dr. John Durkin says New Mexico’s abundant sunshine means basal and squamous cell cancers are the most common types doctors see in the state.
Both types can show up as a red or brown spot that continues to grow over time. Dr. Durkin said any skin legion that is growing, bleeding, or not healing should be checked out…