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Tucson Mayor proclaims May Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month

Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild this week presented representatives of the UA Cancer Center's Skin Cancer Institute with a city proclamation to encourage residents to be sun safe - in May and all year long.

In return, reprsentatives of the Institute presented the Mayor's office with a Protect Your Skin kit, including two sun screen dispensers which will be installed in restrooms on the top floor of Tucson City Hall.

The proclamation reads:

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UA Cancer Center offers team approach to people genetically at high risk for cancer

Actress and human rights advocate Angelina Jolie revealed in Tuesday’s New York Times that she underwent prophylactic mastectomy after finding that she is a carrier of an alteration in the BRCA1 gene.

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May is National Cancer Research Month

In 2007, the United States Congress declared May National Cancer Research Month. This month, the University of Arizona Cancer Center is joining the American Association for Cancer Research's national campaign to raise awareness of the importance of cancer research and the progress that research institutions are making in critical areas of research and patient care.

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