Program Contacts Visit the Choose Your Cover Web site to Learn skin cancer facts and risk factors. Learn how you can protect yourself from sun exposure. Order campaign materials. Melanoma-Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month Malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is the most rapidly increasing form of cancer in the United States. Over 51,000 cases will be diagnosed this year.
Skin cancer is largely preventable when sun protection measures are used consistently.
Also, most skin cancers can be cured if detected and treated early. Learn more about who is at risk, prevention techniques, and CDC's efforts to prevent and educate people about skin cancer. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links. The challenge, however, lies in changing the attitudes and behaviors that increase a person's risk of developing skin cancer.