Skin Cancer Awareness and Prevention

  • General News
    Published June 11, 2021

    Years ago, a glowing tan used to be the proof of a short summer well spent. Today, our understanding and approach to sun exposure is very different.

    More than five million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in this country every year, making it America’s most common cancer. It is also one of the most preventable forms of cancer and can be successfully treated if caught early. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, about 90 percent of non-melanoma skin cancers and 85 percent of melanoma cases are associated with exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

    Common but preventable

    The CDC recommends the following to protect your skin from the harmful UV radiation that causes most skin cancers:

    • Stay in the shade
    • Wear sun-protective clothing
    • Use a broad-spectrum sunscreen. Sunscreens wear off—reapply at least every 2 hours
    • Avoid tanning beds and sunlamps

    Taking precautions and visiting a doctor or dermatologist might just save you or someone important to you from a devastating diagnosis.

    Take action

    As the climate begins to warm and the sun comes out, it’s a good time to raise awareness for skin cancer and encourage your employees to consider safe sun practices.

    On the Employee Communications Center (ECC), your resource for ready-to-share employee communications, we have content already available that will help you tell your employees about preventing skin cancer. This content on the ECC includes a flyer/poster, email, and the content- 3-ways document.

    How to access the communication resources

    1. Visit the Employee Communication Center, accessible through the secure employer website
    2. Select Preventive care
    3. Select the content you’d like to share! (For example, flyer, email, or text options)

    Employee Communication Center

    Keep telling us what you think

    We value your feedback and hope you find this new resource useful. Send your feedback to employerfeedback@premera.com. What we hear from you helps us tailor our employer resources to best meet your needs. And we want to keep improving our Employee Communications Center to make it a site our employer groups want to visit again and again.

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