Patchogue Family YMCA Holds Free Skin Cancer Screening

WHAT: In observance of Skin Cancer and Melanoma Awareness Month, the Patchogue Family YMCA will be offering FREE skin cancer screenings by the Stony Brook Medicine’s Departments of Dermatology and Surgery. The Patchogue Family YMCA will also host an educational lecture presented by a physician who specializes in the prevention and detection of skin cancer, including melanoma. Sun protection items and patient education materials will be provided.

The YMCA-LI would like to remind Long Islanders early detection is critical as skin Cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. In fact, it's estimated that more than a million Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer this year.

COST: FREE!

WHEN: Saturday, May 7, 2016

8:00am - 11:30am

WHERE: Patchogue Family YMCA

255 West Main Street

Patchogue, New York 11772

ADDITIONAL INFO: If you are 18 or older and currently without health insurance, and your last skin cancer screening by a dermatologist was more than a year ago, call 631-444-4000 to reserve your appointment today.