Breast Cancer Screenings: Valley Doctor Wants Skin Exams Included

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and with the attention being focused on detection and prevention, one local dermatologist is hoping the same will go for skin checks.

Dr. Christine Lin with Affiliated Dermatology is hoping to raise awareness for skin checks, especially for breast cancer survivors. She says these survivors are at higher risk for developing melanoma. “For breast cancer survivors that are over the age of 45, they have a 12 percent increased risk for developing melanoma and that risk is 38 percent for breast cancer survivors that are under the age of 45. Women who have had radiation therapy, for them that risk increases even further.” Charlotte Shaff knows the dangers all too well. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in April and had five tumors in her right breast. Soon after, she had a bilateral mastectomy and shortly after that, she got her skin checked. “I came in and had five mole biopsy and two of them came back as pre cancerous,” she said. Dr. Lin says these moles could have turned into melanoma if it wouldn’t have been for early detection and although they don’t know the direct melanoma-breast cancer link, “It could be underlying genetic mutations. It could be environmental factors it could be behavioral factors.” The numbers are just too high to risk it. “You need to get your skin checked. If you’re going to get your mammogram, you need to get your skin checked too. It doesn’t matter what pigment your skin is, there can be a mole that can turn into something and it’s better to be safe than sorry,” said Shaff. Dr. Christine Lin Affiliated Dermatology Locations in Scottsdale, Deer Valley, Anthem, Surprise, Gilbert, Ahwatukee, Tempe (480) 556-0446 affderm.com

Originally published by FOX 10 Phoenix by Danielle Miller. “Breast cancer screenings: Valley doctor wants skin exams included.” POSTED: OCT 15 2018 04:38PM MST. VIDEO POSTED: OCT 15 2018 05:26PM MST. UPDATED: OCT 15 2018 05:29PM MST

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[00:00:01] October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

[00:00:03] and with the attention being focused on

[00:00:05] detection and prevention one local

[00:00:07] dermatologist is hoping the same goes

[00:00:09] for skin checks

[00:00:10] studies have shown there is an increased

[00:00:13] risk for survivors developing melanoma

[00:00:15] Fox 10's Danielle Miller joins us live

[00:00:18] to explain this connection interesting

[00:00:21] John and Christina it absolutely is now

[00:00:24] the International Journal of cancer

[00:00:25] saying that breast cancer survivors are

[00:00:28] 16% more likely to develop melanoma than

[00:00:32] a woman who may not have had breast

[00:00:33] cancer now this local dermatologist is

[00:00:36] hoping that women make it a habit to

[00:00:38] schedule that full-body exam when they

[00:00:40] do schedule those mammograms dr.

[00:00:44] Christine Lin with affiliated

[00:00:46] dermatology is hoping to raise awareness

[00:00:48] for skin checks especially for breast

[00:00:51] cancer survivors she says these

[00:00:53] survivors are at higher risk for

[00:00:54] developing melanoma for breast cancer

[00:00:57] survivors that are over the age of 45

[00:00:59] they have a 12 percent increased risk

[00:01:03] for developing melanoma and that risk

[00:01:05] is 38% for breast cancer survivors that

[00:01:09] are under the age of 45 Charlotte shaft

[00:01:12] knows the dangers all too well she was

[00:01:15] diagnosed with breast cancer in April

[00:01:16] she had five tumors in her right breast

[00:01:19] soon after she had a bilateral

[00:01:21] mastectomy and shortly after that she

[00:01:24] luckily got her skin checked I actually

[00:01:27] came in and had five moles biopsied and

[00:01:32] two of them came back as I believe it's

[00:01:35] precancerous dr. Lin says these moles

[00:01:38] could have turned into melanoma if it

[00:01:40] wouldn't have been for early detection

[00:01:41] and although they don't know the direct

[00:01:44] melanoma breast cancer linked it could

[00:01:47] be underlying genetic mutations it could

[00:01:51] be environmental factors it could be

[00:01:53] behavioral factors the numbers are just

[00:01:57] too high to risk it you need to get your

[00:02:00] skin checked if you're going to get a

[00:02:01] mammogram you got to get your skin

[00:02:02] checked too it doesn't matter what

[00:02:04] pigment your skin is there can be a mole

[00:02:07] that could turn into something and it's

[00:02:09] better to be safe than sorry

[00:02:13] definitely some good advice there now

[00:02:15] dr. Lin is saying that even if you have

[00:02:17] not had breast cancer it's definitely

[00:02:19] still a good idea to get your skin

[00:02:21] checked once a year