THE skin cancers is o more frequent cancer in humans. It has been estimated that each year we have more cases of skin cancer than new cases of colon, prostate, lung and breast cancer combined.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that in developed countries they are calculated 3 million incidents of skin cancer per year, of which 300,000 are malignant melanomas. All skin cancers are related to ultraviolet radiationwhich has a cumulative effect on fair-skinned people and with a hereditary predisposition over time, mobilizes skin cells to divert and create cancer, according to experts.

The above was mentioned by the president of the Hellenic Dermatology & Venereology Society, presenting the “DERMAIOS” campaign, which takes place throughout May, which was established in 2022 as skin cancer prevention and information month.

Be careful when sunbathing

The president of EDAE emphasized informing the public about the risk of solar exposure, stressing that “multiple sunburns at a young age significantly increase the chance of developing skin cancer at older ages».

The message added by EDAE is for everyone to join him annual preventive check-up with an examination of moles and other lesions by a dermatologist, because skin cancer when diagnosed early will very rarely cause problems.

The EDAE campaign, which takes place throughout May, has the help and support of the Ministry of Health and aims to inform and educate as many citizens as possible about the importance of prevention and in particular the annual visit to the dermatologist to check moles or other signs. Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, but today, if detected early, it can be cured.

Official Ambassador of the DERMAIOS 2024 campaign is Antigoni Drisbiotis, Gold European Champion and Bronze World Champion in Vadin.

Information actions throughout Greece

This year’s campaign has many parallel actions across the territory.

Specifically, the Monday, May 20 there will be two information actions for prevention against skin cancer and free examination of people by dermatologists, at Athenain Korai Square, under the auspices of the Municipality of Athens, the Region of Attica and the Medical Association of Athens, 10:00 – 14:00 and at Thessalonikiin Aristotelous Square, under the auspices of the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Region of Central Macedonia, 12:00 – 16:00.

These actions will reach cities in the Greek region through Dermatology Clinics of Hospitals and Medical Associations and finally to remote, uninhabited islands in collaboration with the Volunteers Group against Cancer AGALIAZO and the NGO OMADA AEGAIOU during the 30th Diaplo. In the above actions, an informative leaflet on the importance of prevention against skin cancer and the characteristic orange bracelet of DERMAIO will be distributed.