Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s mobile Blum Family Resource Center Van releases summer schedule
Summer is just a few short weeks away. Take steps to stay safe during the warm weather with Dana-Farber’s Sun Safety/Skin Cancer Prevention Program. The Sun Safety program works to reduce the incidence of skin cancer in Massachusetts by offering free prevention education and free skin cancer screenings to the public in the Blum Family Resource Center Van.
The program uses the mobile Van to bring these free resources to various communities around Boston. This initiative especially targets populations in Massachusetts with a high prevalence and/or incidence of skin cancer, including beachgoers as well as those with higher mortality rates—individuals of color. The mobile Van is a 39-foot custom-designed vehicle that has a 15-seat classroom and a fully equipped exam room for free skin cancer screenings. All screenings are performed by a board-certified Brigham and Women’s Hospital dermatologist on board the van.
“The majority of melanomas can be attributed to exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Therefore, it is important that people learn the potentially life-saving prevention and detection strategies that are taught in the mobile Van,” said Blum Van’s medical director, Margaret W. Cavanaugh-Hussey, MD, MPH.
The summer 2018 schedule locally for the mobile Van is:
Friday, July 27, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Nantasket Beach
Wednesday, August 1, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Carson Beach
Friday, August 17, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Wollaston Beach
Wednesday, August 22, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Carson Beach
For more information and scheduling updates, please visit http://www.dana-farber.org/about-us/community-outreach/sun-safety-skin-cancer-prevention/
About Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
From achieving the first remissions in childhood cancer with chemotherapy in 1948, to developing the very latest new therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is one of the world’s leading centers of cancer research and treatment. It is the only center ranked in the top 4 of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals for both adult and pediatric cancer care.
Dana-Farber sits at the center of a wide range of collaborative efforts to reduce the burden of cancer through scientific inquiry, clinical care, education, community engagement, and advocacy. Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center provides the latest in cancer care for adults; Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center for children. The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center unites the cancer research efforts of five Harvard academic medical centers and two graduate schools, while Dana-Farber Community Cancer Care provides high quality cancer treatment in communities outside Boston’s Longwood Medical Area.
