Skin Cancer Screening Great Success At Wantagh Park
The Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign did a wonderful job organizing and promoting the skin cancer screening at the Wantaugh Park/Pool in collaboration with Senator Charles Fuscillo and Nassau County Executive Mangano. We are thrilled to have been able to contributing to the success of our the screening, working along with doctors from Stony Brook Hospital as well as Dr. Steve Mc Clain from Mc Clain Labs.
A total of 142 patients participated in the free skin cancer screening, and 66 had to be referred for follow up of suspect lesions.
Skin Cancer when caught early is almost 99% treatable, however when not the case, it can be very disfiguring as well as deadly if the diagnosis is melanoma. This screening in addition to the two previously held at Jones Beach are life saving initiatives. Information and UV Bracelets were distributed as well the opportunity to view ones facial damage through our derma scan machine.