AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN HOT AROUND NEW MEXICO THIS WEEK, STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING US OF THE HIGH RISK FOR SKIN CANCER. BETH PINKERTON WITH THE DEPARTMENT TELLS US THE TWO TYPES ARE NON-MELANOMA … AND MELANOMA, WHICH GROWS AND SPREADS QUICKLY.
SHE SAYS THE FACT THAT MELANOMA SPREADS SO QUICKLY MAKES IT HARDER TO TREAT. NON-MELANOMA CASES ARE MORE LOCALIZED SO CAN OFTEN BE TREATED BY CUTTING IT OFF.
PINKERTON TELLS US THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF MELANOMA DEATHS IN NEW MEXICO FROM 2006 AND 2010 IS 60 A YEAR.
