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How To Protect Yourself Against Deadly Melanoma with MRF · The iHeart SoCal Show

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  Speaker 1: Hi, it's Lisa Fox, and this is the I Heart
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  Speaker 1: SoCal Show. And as we all know, it's summer. And boy,
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  Speaker 1: has it been hot here, especially in Southern California. And
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  Speaker 1: my question is, do you protect your skin? You know
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  Speaker 1: how important it is to protect your skin? Do you
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  Speaker 1: know how bad melanoma is? Oh, it is a serious,
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  Speaker 1: aggressive form of skin cancer. And according to the Melanoma
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  Speaker 1: Research Foundation, it's primarily triggered by DNA damage from UV
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  Speaker 1: rays and all that repeated sun exposure from being outside
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  Speaker 1: so much.
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  Speaker 2: And also... Indoor tanning? Who's still indoor tanning? Come on, people.
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  Speaker 1: But it can also develop in areas not exposed to
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  Speaker 1: the sun. So I've got a million questions from my
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  Speaker 1: guests today. The Melanoma Research Foundation is celebrating 30 years
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  Speaker 1: of their mission to eradicate melanoma by accelerating medical research
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  Speaker 1: while educating and advocating for those who get diagnosed. Melanoma.org
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  Speaker 1: is their website for all the information. And on to
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  Speaker 1: tell us more about it is James Merrick with the
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  Speaker 1: Melanoma Research Foundation. Hi, James.
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  Speaker 3: Hi, Lisa. Thanks so much for having me on.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have the sunscreen on right now?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I certainly do.
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  Speaker 1: You must lather up daily because as a I mean,
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  Speaker 1: kind of a spokesperson working for this organization, sunscreen is key.
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  Speaker 2: And but but is it enough to to fight against melanoma?
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  Speaker 2: Is it enough?
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  Speaker 3: Correct. So yeah, no, sunscreen is one of the best
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  Speaker 3: tools in our arsenal to help prevent melanoma. Melanoma is
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  Speaker 3: the leading cause of skin cancer deaths across the country.
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  Speaker 3: But the good news is melanoma is about 90% preventable
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  Speaker 3: when individuals embrace sun-safe behaviors. So, Lisa, you pointed out
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  Speaker 3: one already, which is one of the best tools in
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  Speaker 3: our arsenal, as I mentioned, which is sunscreen. We at
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  Speaker 3: the Melanoma Research Foundation recommend daily application of of a
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  Speaker 3: sunscreen of at least an SPF 30 or higher.
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  Speaker 1: Really quick, because they have, you know, 30, 50, 75.
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  Speaker 2: I've seen 100 for the face. Does it matter? Or
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  Speaker 2: is it, you know, the higher, the better?
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  Speaker 3: So really what we say is as long as your
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  Speaker 3: SPF is a 30 or higher, doesn't matter how high,
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  Speaker 3: You are protected well, as long as you ensure that
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  Speaker 3: you're reapplying every two hours, particularly during those peak sun
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  Speaker 3: hours throughout the day, which is between 10 a.m. and
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  Speaker 3: about 4 p.m. So reapply every two hours. And we
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  Speaker 3: always say to put on about an ounce or a
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  Speaker 3: shot glass worth of sunscreen at each application. Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: And can I ask while we're on the sunscreen topic,
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  Speaker 1: does it matter aerosol or cream?
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  Speaker 3: No, it really is. We say the best sunscreen is
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  Speaker 3: the one that you will use every day. So really,
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  Speaker 3: that's a personal preference depending on how the sunscreen may
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  Speaker 3: feel on your skin, how heavy, how light it is, cosmetically,
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  Speaker 3: how it may appear on your skin. So both types,
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  Speaker 3: mineral and chemical sunscreens, are safe and effective to use. Again,
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  Speaker 3: we just say whichever sunscreen you'll use daily is the
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  Speaker 3: best option for you.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't know how you feel about this, but
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  Speaker 1: I've heard this from my dermatologists, many dermatologists, many facialists.
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  Speaker 1: They say, I mean, look, just because we live in
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  Speaker 1: Southern California doesn't And we do have sun a huge
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  Speaker 1: chunk of the year. You're supposed to wear sunscreen every day,
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  Speaker 1: all year long, even on our quote unquote winter months
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  Speaker 1: or even when it's dark and rainy.
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel about that?
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  Speaker 3: 100 percent. Your dermatologist and your facialist are correct. We
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  Speaker 3: often think about putting sunscreen on on those hot, sunny
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  Speaker 3: days when we're outside at the beach. And that's great. However,
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  Speaker 3: UV rays can peek through clouds on cloudy days, cold days,
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  Speaker 3: rainy days. So we do say that it is imperative
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  Speaker 3: that you protect your skin each and every single day. Again,
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  Speaker 3: regardless of how sunny or how cloudy it may be,
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  Speaker 3: those UV rays are still there.
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  Speaker 2: Isn't that crazy? They're so strong.
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  Speaker 1: And even just driving in the car, you think that
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  Speaker 1: if you're protected, when you go from your house to
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  Speaker 1: the car, car to work, then you're in work all day.
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  Speaker 1: But still, even just the drive, right? I see my
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  Speaker 1: skin even just on my forearms. And then our chest,
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  Speaker 1: just that overexposure, sometimes just from driving, you know, just
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  Speaker 1: driving in the car, you get that regular exposure from
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  Speaker 1: the sun that you may not be paying attention to.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. You know, one of the things that we do
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  Speaker 3: that I've actually started doing is carrying some sunscreen directly
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  Speaker 3: in my car in a bag when I'm out walking
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  Speaker 3: around the city or what have you. You're 100% right.
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  Speaker 3: Folks oftentimes aren't really thinking through how much direct sunlight
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  Speaker 3: and UV rays they're getting while they're in their car,
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  Speaker 3: whether that's through their window or sunroof. So it's always
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  Speaker 3: a great idea just to have that sunscreen in your
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  Speaker 3: car handy just in case you're on some longer road
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  Speaker 3: trips and you need to reapply that sunscreen.
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  Speaker 1: UV rays are strong suckers and sadly can be deadly
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  Speaker 1: in terms of melanoma. What do we do for people
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  Speaker 1: who work outside? I always feel especially bad on the
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  Speaker 1: hottest days. My gosh, for people who work outside, delivery drivers,
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  Speaker 1: Caltrans workers, so many people that are outside for their job,
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  Speaker 1: the majority of the day, I'm like, us folks working
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  Speaker 1: from home or in an air conditioned office or studio.
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  Speaker 1: My boyfriend's been delivering meals for Project Angel Food since
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  Speaker 1: the fires. And he, boy, I can see he gets
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  Speaker 1: a lot of sun exposure. I'm like, honey, you're way
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  Speaker 1: too tan for your day job. How about this floppy hat?
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  Speaker 1: And how about this, you know, it's got the sun protection,
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  Speaker 1: the hat. You could buy, so easy to buy a
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  Speaker 1: floppy sun hat, which thank God he likes. Floppy sun
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  Speaker 1: hat with sun protection and even cool shirts with sun
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  Speaker 1: protection as well. Long sleeve, nice and cool, keeps them
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  Speaker 1: cool and protected from the sun.
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  Speaker 3: So what you're referring to, Lisa, is actually UPF or
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  Speaker 3: UV protective fabric. So think of it, yep, UPF protective clothing.
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  Speaker 3: These are those lightweight shirts, pants, other garments that you
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  Speaker 3: can put on that really are an extra defense against
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  Speaker 3: the UV rays. So you kind of touched on a
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  Speaker 3: few of them, including those big floppy hats. We agree.
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  Speaker 3: We think total sun protection includes that. the use of
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  Speaker 3: sunscreen of an SPF of 30 or higher, the use
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  Speaker 3: of UPF protective clothing on your arms, on your legs,
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  Speaker 3: wide brimmed hats that shade the neck and your ears
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  Speaker 3: to help prevent against sunburn, and also the use of
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  Speaker 3: eyeglasses to protect your eyes from UV rays as well
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  Speaker 3: when you're outside. So if you've got each of those things, sunscreen,
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  Speaker 3: your UPF protective clothing, eyeglasses, and wide brimmed hats, That
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  Speaker 3: will give folks, particularly those who are outside working all day,
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  Speaker 3: the best protection and the best defense against the sun's
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  Speaker 3: UV rays.
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  Speaker 2: Boy, that is a lot. That's a whole outfit, James.
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  Speaker 1: That's a lot from head to toe. But look, it's
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  Speaker 1: not about being paranoid. It's just I think it's about
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  Speaker 1: being smart. And it might be kind of an extra
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  Speaker 1: pain in the you-know-what, lathering all this stuff. And getting
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  Speaker 1: the clothing was super easy and very affordable. And it
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  Speaker 1: looks super nice. And so I feel like if you
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  Speaker 1: have someone that you love that is working outdoors, if
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  Speaker 1: they're able to modify their uniform to protect their body,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's super important. And Amazon drivers and all
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  Speaker 1: these drivers out there, we've got to remind them to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that they're protected because they just might not.
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  Speaker 2: Be thinking about it.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. Absolutely. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So let's talk about melanoma now. what it is, how
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  Speaker 1: it works, how it attacks the skin. So how does
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  Speaker 1: it work? How does it attack someone's body?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a great question. So when folks hear melanoma,
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  Speaker 3: the most common form of melanoma is cutaneous or melanoma
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  Speaker 3: that impacts your skin. There are rarer forms of melanoma
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  Speaker 3: that we can touch on in just a bit. But
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  Speaker 3: truly what folks are generally referring to is that cutaneous
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  Speaker 3: or skin melanoma. That type of melanoma, as I mentioned earlier,
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  Speaker 3: is about 90% preventable. And the reason we say that
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  Speaker 3: is because melanoma generally occurs in individuals who have had
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  Speaker 3: repeated damage or exposure to the sun that has caused
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  Speaker 3: damage over time. So one of the interesting things about
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  Speaker 3: melanoma is that the damage is really cumulative. The earlier
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  Speaker 3: that we can adopt as children, as youth can adopt
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  Speaker 3: sun safe behaviors, the better outcomes folks will have in
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  Speaker 3: the long term. So each sun damage or sunburn that
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  Speaker 3: an individual has is increases the likelihood that they may
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  Speaker 3: actually get melanoma later in life. So the cancer really
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  Speaker 3: works in the sense that the UV damage is penetrating
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  Speaker 3: our skin. It does not matter what your skin type
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  Speaker 3: looks like.
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  Speaker 2: I was going to ask that.
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  Speaker 3: You're all susceptible.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's definitely a cancer that does not discriminate based
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  Speaker 3: on your race or ethnicity, your gender, your age. In fact,
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  Speaker 3: we're actually seeing higher rates of melanoma incidence increasing in individuals,
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  Speaker 3: both men and women, in their 20s and 30s, wherein
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  Speaker 3: it used to be a cancer that mostly impacted folks
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  Speaker 3: in their 50s or 60s. We're now seeing that trend
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  Speaker 3: start to reverse a little bit and really seeing incidence
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  Speaker 3: rates rising in younger individuals.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's scary.
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  Speaker 3: So really important to teach those sun safe behaviors to
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  Speaker 3: your kiddos. If you've got loved ones who are young,
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  Speaker 3: please make sure they do not use an indoor tanning bed,
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  Speaker 3: that they are protecting their skin when they go outside.
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  Speaker 2: Who is still doing that, James? Come on, people.
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  Speaker 1: And I thought like that was such a, it is
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  Speaker 1: a 90s thing. And driving around, I really don't see many,
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  Speaker 1: if any, in Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 2: Thank goodness.
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  Speaker 1: Gosh, I hope people aren't doing that because I feel
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  Speaker 1: like the past 10 years, we really got away from
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  Speaker 1: those and more into just self-tanning creams, you know, creams
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  Speaker 1: that make you look, or bronzer. Women are using bronzer
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  Speaker 1: to have a little suntan, sun-kissed look on our face
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  Speaker 1: and our makeup, you know, not so much actually going
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  Speaker 1: to those machines that fry your skin.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly. You know, anecdotally, Lisa, I agree. I am seeing
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  Speaker 3: fewer and fewer sun, fake sun tanning salons as I
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  Speaker 3: drive throughout, you know, the city. However, they still exist.
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  Speaker 3: You know, actually, one of the interesting things at the
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  Speaker 3: Melanoma Research Foundation is through our advocacy efforts, have been
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  Speaker 3: able to achieve. About 27 U.S. states have actually banned
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  Speaker 3: tanning bed usage for minors, so that's individuals under the
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  Speaker 3: age of 18. Again, really hearkening back to the fact
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  Speaker 3: that really melanoma is cumulative damage. So 27 states are
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  Speaker 3: actively ensuring that minors do not have access to tanning beds. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: it is not federally mandated, but Over half of the
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  Speaker 3: states in our country definitely have taken a nod. And
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  Speaker 3: then understanding that tanning bed usage under the age of 18,
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  Speaker 3: really at any time, but particularly under the age of 18,
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  Speaker 3: can be really harmful.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Amen to that. And I forgot about spray tanning.
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  Speaker 1: Spray tanning is very popular, like before a wedding or
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  Speaker 1: before a special occasion.
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  Speaker 2: Spray tanning, people. Spray tan is a thing.
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  Speaker 3: Yep. Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. So I was going to ask you, so does
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  Speaker 1: melanoma have a demographic or age range? But it sounds
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  Speaker 1: like you've kind of mentioned all bets are off.
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  Speaker 2: Really, anyone's fair game for melanoma.
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  Speaker 3: It does not. You know, it does disproportionately impact. individuals
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  Speaker 3: with lighter or fairer skin tones for sure. However, we
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  Speaker 3: do absolutely encourage every single person, again, regardless of race
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  Speaker 3: or ethnicity, to make sure you're protecting your skin. And again,
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  Speaker 3: at any age as well.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so looking at our bodies, what are we looking for?
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  Speaker 1: Is it up to us to find the melanoma? Is
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  Speaker 1: it up to us to do our own body searches?
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  Speaker 1: What are we looking for? Are we looking for moles?
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  Speaker 1: What are we looking for?
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  Speaker 3: Yep, that's a really great question. So I'm going to
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  Speaker 3: first say that the most important thing to remember are
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  Speaker 3: the ABCDEs of melanoma. And I'll kind of talk through
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  Speaker 3: what each of those mean in just a moment. But
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  Speaker 3: what I will say first is that, yes, we do
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  Speaker 3: encourage individuals to check their skin regularly. monthly. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you may have to have a loved one, take a
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  Speaker 3: look at some of those harder to see areas on
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  Speaker 3: your body and make sure that you schedule an annual
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  Speaker 3: dermatologic skin check to ensure that a trained professional is
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  Speaker 3: also taking a look at your body. So here's what
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  Speaker 3: you want to look out for when you're performing those
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  Speaker 3: regular self-skin exams. And again, we really think about this
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  Speaker 3: as the ABCDEs of melanoma. So that A stands for
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  Speaker 3: asymmetry and So when you look at a mole that's
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  Speaker 3: on your body and you inspect it, an asymmetric mole
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  Speaker 3: will have about half of the mole that does not
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  Speaker 3: match the other half. When you have some of that irregularity,
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  Speaker 3: that's something to look out for. B stands for border.
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  Speaker 3: So you're going to want to inspect the edges of
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  Speaker 3: a mole regularly. A mole that is smooth is typically okay.
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  Speaker 3: A mole that has more irregular or jagged borders is
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  Speaker 3: something that you want to take note of and bring
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  Speaker 3: up with a dermatologist.
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  Speaker 2: Or that's raised or raised or funny looking, right, you're saying?
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  Speaker 3: Yep. Any sort of irregularity, again, whether that mole is
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  Speaker 3: raised has a border that looks a little bit jagged,
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  Speaker 3: anything like that, yep, definitely would be a bit of
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  Speaker 3: a cause for concern.
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  Speaker 2: Really quick now, does it matter if we were born?
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  Speaker 1: Are we talking about new moles that have popped up?
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  Speaker 1: Or what if we're born, many of us are born
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  Speaker 1: with moles. Are those ones okay? Can we check those
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  Speaker 1: ones off?
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  Speaker 3: Those are typically fine. However, you do want to just
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  Speaker 3: keep an eye out for whether those moles have changed
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  Speaker 3: in any way.
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  Speaker 1: Got it.
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  Speaker 3: So, again, if you've got a mole that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: looks pretty much symmetrical, that has sort of rounded, normal-looking edges,
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  Speaker 3: that's fine. If that same mole over time begins to
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  Speaker 3: be a bit asymmetrical, begins to have irregular or jagged
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  Speaker 3: moles or borders, excuse me, then, yep, you are going
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  Speaker 3: to want to schedule a dermatologic exam. And just to
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  Speaker 3: kind of flesh out the ABCDs, C refers to color.
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  Speaker 3: So again, just examining that color of your mole. It
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  Speaker 3: should be uniformed. either brown or black, when you start
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  Speaker 3: seeing some inconsistent coloring or pink, red, whitish, or blue
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  Speaker 3: coloring going on on your mole, that's when you should
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  Speaker 3: just have a little bit of pause for concern. D
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  Speaker 3: refers to diameter. So again, you want to measure the
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  Speaker 3: size of the mole. Your mole should not be larger
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  Speaker 3: than about six millimeters across. And then finally, E is evolution.
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  Speaker 3: So kind of talked a little bit about this earlier,
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  Speaker 3: but you want to just make sure that your mole's
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  Speaker 3: are staying consistent. They're not changing shape. They're not changing color.
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  Speaker 3: If they do evolve and change in any of these ways,
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  Speaker 3: definitely reach out to your dermatologist to schedule a dermatologic
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  Speaker 3: skin check.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, I was totally checking myself while you've
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  Speaker 1: been talking. So, I mean, I can only see so
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  Speaker 1: much right now while we're sitting in the broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: Chair, like, oh my gosh, I'm going to check right
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  Speaker 2: when I get home. Just to make sure.
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  Speaker 1: And like James is saying, hey, when in doubt, you know,
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  Speaker 1: if you got insurance, you know, call your doctor, make
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  Speaker 1: an appointment, find a great dermatologist in town.
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  Speaker 2: They do this stuff all the time.
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  Speaker 1: I had some checked a while back and they're just,
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  Speaker 1: oh yeah.
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  Speaker 2: They're, you know, they're just, it's aging.
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  Speaker 1: The moles, like they'll know if the mole is a
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  Speaker 1: bad mole, an ugly mole or a mole you need
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  Speaker 1: to care about or don't need to care about.
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  Speaker 2: This is what they do. And they want to help you.
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  Speaker 1: And they want to help you get diagnosed early because
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  Speaker 1: that's how we can get rid of this sucker if,
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  Speaker 1: God forbid, one of your moles turns out to be melanoma.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. Early diagnosis and prevention are both key.
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  Speaker 2: And floppy hats and sunscreen. I want to bathe in
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  Speaker 2: it now. Good grief.
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  Speaker 1: So the Melanoma Research Foundation, there's so much that you
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  Speaker 1: all do, again, not just once someone's, God forbid, diagnosed,
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  Speaker 1: but also in terms of education and prevention. So being
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  Speaker 1: on the radio, doing these campaigns, we're all about it, right?
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  Speaker 1: You just want to get the word out to remind
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  Speaker 1: people how important it is to wear the gosh darn
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  Speaker 1: 30 SPF or higher sunscreen every day. Yeah. Every day
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  Speaker 1: of the year, no matter where you live, starting with that,
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  Speaker 1: then the clothing, paying attention to your body, and not
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  Speaker 1: being afraid to call the.
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  Speaker 2: Doctor to just double check, you know? Just double check.
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  Speaker 2: If you've got a mole or two that looks a
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  Speaker 2: little off.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And then there's lots of ways also for folks to
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  Speaker 1: find out more. And you do a lot of fundraising
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  Speaker 1: and advocacy for the melanoma community.
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  Speaker 2: And I love the Miles for Melanoma walk.
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  Speaker 1: You've got a bunch of walks still coming up in California.
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  Speaker 1: I don't have my list here. Oh, yeah. You have.
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  Speaker 1: You had one in Orange County in February. You've got
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  Speaker 1: one in San Francisco end of August. And you've got two, oh,
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  Speaker 1: another one in San Diego in October.
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  Speaker 2: And Los Angeles, October 4th at beautiful Griffith Park.
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  Speaker 3: Four really great events out in California. I should also mention,
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  Speaker 3: in addition to getting that annual dermatologic skin check with
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: your dermatologist, Each of our Miles for Melanoma events also
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: have a board-certified dermatologist present who can do complimentary skin checks. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: I love it. So great opportunities to not only get
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: your skin checked, get outside, run or walk a 5K,
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  Speaker 3: and of course, help raise critical funds for the Melanoma
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  Speaker 3: Research Foundation.
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  Speaker 1: And grab your floppy hats and your sun-protected fabric clothing
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  Speaker 1: and your shirts and all this stuff. And of course,
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: you'll probably have a lot of free sunscreen at the
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: Miles from Melanoma, huh?
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: Absolutely. Yep. That's a great perk.
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  Speaker 2: Will you be at that, James? You'll be here for that, right?
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  Speaker 3: I will be at the Los Angeles and potentially the
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: San Diego Miles for Melanoma event. Yeah.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: And who typically comes to this? Is it mostly for
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: people affected by melanoma or you've got survivors? You've got
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: people who maybe lost.
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  Speaker 2: A loved one?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, really across the board. First and foremost, these events
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  Speaker 3: are open to the entire public. So we encourage everyone,
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: whether you've been impacted by melanoma personally or someone in
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: your family, a loved one has been impacted personally. Typically,
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  Speaker 3: we'll see melanoma patients, melanoma survivors, caregivers, as well as
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  Speaker 3: the really great researchers and clinicians, dermatologists and oncologists who
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: are treating melanoma. They're out there lacing up their sneakers, too.
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  Speaker 2: God bless them and just out there kind of in solidarity.
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  Speaker 1: With all those connected to melanoma, such a scary, terrible disease.
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  Speaker 1: But like you said, 90% prevention rate. If we all
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  Speaker 1: work hard and create this awareness, remind ourselves and our
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: loved ones and just everybody that we know, 30 SPF
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: at least every single day, lather up that body, protect
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  Speaker 1: yourself from those very strong, harmful UV sun rays.
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: Wear the floppy hats. If you're going to be out
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  Speaker 2: in the sun all day or if you're working outside,
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: you have protective clothing. Plus, check your moles. Are they
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: looking weird? Weird sizes? Weird shapes? Are they changing? Are
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: they growing?
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: Any weird moles? You should be doing a body exams,
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: body checks monthly. But if anything changes or looks weird,
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: get the moles on your body officially checked by your
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: dermatologist just to make sure you're okay.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: And hey, maybe get your moles checked by a dermatologist
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  Speaker 1: that will be on site when you come out and
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  Speaker 1: help raise money and do a bit of a 5k
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: at their miles from melanoma walk events all over the country.
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  Speaker 1: But the one left here in Southern California for L.A.,
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  Speaker 1: on October the 4th in Griffith Park. All the information
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  Speaker 1: for the walk, fundraisers, and all the great work that
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  Speaker 1: they are doing, research, support. Thanks to the Melanoma Research
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: Foundation celebrating 30 years of doing all.
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  Speaker 2: That they do.
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  Speaker 1: Melanoma.org for all the info. James Merrick, thank you so
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: much for all that you and your team do there.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see you on the 4th in Griffith Park.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks so much, Lisa. I really appreciate it.