Does Sunscreen Prevent Malignant Melanoma? | Blogs

Mike Cushman, who lives in South Portland, was diagnosed with advanced malignant melanoma in 2010. He has a story to share about the importance of catching it early. "I had a suspicious mole on the back of my head under my hair," he recently described to me. "My daughter spotted it and suggested my doctor check it out. The biopsy came back benign. Late July I felt a lump in that same area. In early August it was removed for biopsy and came back malignant melanoma. I cannot trace the melanoma to my family. I seem to be the only one. As a child growing up in the 50s and 60s I probably had my share of sunburns." Read more