Comprehensive Cancer Centers celebrates its 11th year of providing free sunscreen to help Southern Nevadans reduce risks for skin cancer.
To kick off its 11th year of skin safety community partnerships, Comprehensive Cancer Centers (LINK 1) has added Downtown Container Park, Friends of Red Rock Canyon, Tivoli Village and The District at Green Valley Ranch to its roster of local entities offering free SPF 30 sunscreen and proactive skin safety tips to its customers, visitors and employees to reduce risks for skin cancer.
To-date and across the valley, Comprehensive has provided tens of thousands of sunscreen packets to partners as well as more than 100 free sunscreen kiosks conveniently positioned throughout the valley, as part of its Sun Smart Campaign. The Sun Smart campaign not only provides sunscreen, but advice on how to reduce risks while outdoors. Tips are available via a QR code located on sunscreen dispensers. QR codes offer advice to keep in mind when you are enjoying your day in the sun including the following:
- Use sunscreen with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of 30 or higher regularly.
- A sunburn is actually a burn. It can permanently damage your skin.
- Reflected sunlight can burn you, too. Apply sunscreen to areas hit by bouncing rays.
- Clouds don’t help. They won’t reduce UV rays that can cause skin cancer.
- Ball caps don’t protect your ears, back of the neck, or side of the face.
- Don’t forget to apply sunscreen to your feet, lips, hands, and under straps.
The program is an important community service provided by the oncology practice for some of the following reasons:
“Our skin safety partnerships are all about convenience, awareness and preserving the vitality of our community,” said Comprehensive’s executive director, Paul Dieter. “As we enter a second decade of these partnerships, we’re keeping the momentum going with the addition of locales where Southern Nevadans like to have fun in the sun. Wherever we can be, we want to help those in our community stay skin smart and stay one step ahead from ever having to visit one of our clinics with a skin-related cancer condition.”
For the new skin safety partnerships in 2024, free sunscreen will be available in kiosks at outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment hot spots Downtown Container Park, Tivoli Village and The District at Green Valley in popular areas at each property and at some individual hosted events. Friends of Red Rock Canyon will utilize the free sunscreen partnership to highlight skin safety awareness as they promote the Red Rock National Conservation Area to the public.
Long-time skin safety and sunscreen partners are joining Comprehensive in this mission again this year, including: City of Las Vegas, City of North Las Vegas, Clark County Parks & Recreation, City of Henderson, Cowabunga Bay, Cowabunga Canyon, RTC Southern Nevada, Las Vegas Aviators, UNLV Athletics, Las Vegas Lights FC, Vegas Golden Knights and Henderson Silver Knights, The PENTA Building Group, Cadence master-planned community and Downtown Summerlin. Comprehensive is also the official sun safety partner for the Southern Nevada affiliate of American Cancer Society.
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 840 Nevadans will be diagnosed with melanoma of the skin in 2024 and one in five Americans will develop skin cancer by age 70. Amid rising rates of skin cancer and melanoma occurrences nationwide, awareness remains a powerful tool in mitigating the chance of a prospective skin-related diagnosis.
Comprehensive Cancer Centers is an award-winning multi-specialty practice comprising medical oncology, hematology, radiation oncology, breast surgery, pulmonary services, cancer genetic counseling clinical research and other infusion services, with treatment centers and offices throughout Southern Nevada.
For more than 40 years, Comprehensive has provided oncology services to patients in and out of state with a specialized physician and nursing staff. Comprehensive, an affiliate of The US Oncology Network, offers state-of-the-art technologies, latest advancements in cancer treatment and groundbreaking clinical research trials. The practice participates in more than 100 Phase I, Phase II and Phase III clinical research studies each year and has played a role in developing more than 100 FDA-approved cancer therapies.
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