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New Report: Colorado Gets Mixed Results on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies
... risk factor for skin cancer is the use of indoor tanning devices and studies show using indoor tanning devices before the age of 35 increases melanoma risk by 59%. This year, 1,830 Coloradans will be diagnosed with melanoma. "Colorado has made some good progress, but we’ve got still got a lot of work to do," Ours added. "Passing and implementing the ...
ABC News 12: Cancer survivors and health care advocates rally for oral chemo coverage
... other states provide equal health insurance coverage of chemotherapy, whether it's taken by needle or by mouth. "I am a bone cancer survivor and melanoma survivor. I was diagnosed in college and I also lost my father to multiple myeloma a few years ago, so it's really passionate to see the ...
$1.50 Tobacco Tax Tops Agenda at Cancer Awareness Day at the Capitol
... Worse yet, one in nine high school girls use tanning devices despite the fact that indoor tanning before the age of 35 increases the risk of melanoma by 59 percent,” said ACS CAN New Mexico Government Relations Director Sandra Adondakis. A bill to improve patient quality of life ...