Welcome to the American Academy of Dermatology’s 2008 Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month^® Web site.

This year, the Academy’s campaign, “See Spot...Check Spot...Safe a Life” stresses the importance of skin self-examinations as a tool in the early detection of skin cancer, and especially the use of a partner to help examine those hard to see locations on the body.

This Web site offers the tools & techniques that make skin self-examinations effective. In addition, this page links to the Academy’s National Skin Cancer Screening program, where you can find free skin cancer screenings that take place across the country throughout the year.

Every year, Academy members across the nation conduct skin cancer screenings in their communities as part of the Academy’s National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Screening Program. Through this program, more than 1.8 million free screenings have been conducted since 1985.