Preventing melanoma in times of a pandemic: questions and answers – Corriere.it

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Wednesday 7 July at 15.00 by connecting to Corriere.it you can watch the meeting in streaming video «Preventing melanoma in times of a pandemic: questions and answers». According to a Doxa survey, in the last 12 months, Italians have neglected the prevention of melanoma, the most aggressive of skin cancers, postponing or canceling many checkups and tests. A worrying phenomenon considering that for this tumor in recent years there has been one of the greatest increases in diagnoses. During the meeting, therefore, we will try to explain which are today the fundamental cornerstones for the prevention of this disease, to which it is necessary to return to devote adequate attention. But we will also talk about the right way to deal with it with the therapies that are available today, even for cases on which not much could be done just a short time ago. Monica Forchetta, President of the APAIM Patients Association, Ketty Peris, Full Professor of Dermatology at the Catholic University of Rome and UOC Director of Dermatology of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation IRCCS and Paola Queirolo Director of the Complex Structure of Medical Oncology of Melanomas, Sarcomas and Rare Tumors will speak. of the European Institute of Oncology


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