Deadly Cancer Sneaks up on Elderly Women

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(Source: Martin A. Brown, M.D., at the American Academy of Dermatology 65th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Feb. 2-6, 2007)

Dr. Weinstock said women need to be aware of their bodies and primary care physicians need to talk to patients about genital skin cancers. "It's important, because these things are issues that they can do something about. Some of these deaths, in theory anyway, could have been prevented," he said.

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SOURCE: Ivanhoe interview with Martin A. Weinstock, M.D.; American Academy of Dermatology 65th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Feb. 2-6, 2007