ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The American Academy of Dermatology, Rochester Regional Health, and Rochester firefighters teamed up to offer a free skin cancer screening at the Union Hall Saturday. A few hundred firefighters attended to be checked by dermatologists.
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, data shows firefighters are at an increased risk and are more likely to die of skin cancer. However, it is one of the most treatable cancers if detected early.
“Firefighting is a group one carcinogen. We’re in the same group with smoking and chemical exposure. So our occupation alone is an increased chance of getting cancer,” Matt Murphy of Rochester Firefighters Local IAFF 1071 said…