Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (Comprehensive) has launched its 12th year of skin safety community partnerships, featuring an extensive roster of local entities offering free SPF 30 sunscreen and proactive tips to its customers, visitors and employees. The announcement comes as Skin Safety Awareness Month (May) kicks off and ahead of the summer season – free sunscreen and educational elements will be available well through Southern Nevada’s most sizzling stretch of the year.
To-date, Comprehensive has purchased and delivered tens of thousands of sunscreen packets to partners as well as more than 100 free sunscreen kiosks and stations positioned throughout Southern Nevada. Once the supplies are delivered to partners, the partners provide the free sunscreen and position the awareness elements accordingly.
Skin safety and sunscreen partners joining Comprehensive in this mission include City of Las Vegas, City of North Las Vegas, Clark County Parks & Recreation, City of Henderson, RTC Southern Nevada, Downtown Container Park, Tivoli Village, The District at Green Valley Ranch, Las Vegas Aviators, UNLV Athletics, Las Vegas Lights FC, Vegas Golden Knights and Vegas Silver Knights, The PENTA Building Group, Friends at Red Rock Canyon and Cadence master-planned community. Comprehensive is also the official sun safety partner for the Southern Nevada affiliate of American Cancer Society.
“We’re in our 12th year now, and our skin safety partnerships are all about spreading awareness, making it easy to stay protected, and most of all, keeping our community healthy,” says Dr. Rupesh J. Parikh, medical oncologist and president at Comprehensive. “Over the years, we’ve teamed up with some great local spots where people love to soak up the sun. No matter where we are, the goal is simple—we want to help folks stay skin smart and hopefully avoid ever needing to come see us for something like skin cancer.”
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 1,050 Nevadans will be diagnosed with melanoma of the skin in 2025 and one in five Americans will develop skin cancer by age 70. Amid rising rates of skin cancer and melanoma occurrences nationwide, awareness remains a powerful tool in mitigating the chance of a prospective skin-related diagnosis.
About Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada is an award-winning multi-specialty practice comprising medical oncology, hematology, radiation oncology, breast surgery, pulmonary services, cancer genetic counseling clinical research and other infusion services, with treatment centers and offices throughout Southern Nevada. For more than 40 years, the practice has provided oncology services to patients in and out of state with a specialized physician and nursing staff. Comprehensive, an affiliate of The US Oncology Network, offers state-of-the-art technologies, latest advancements in cancer treatment and groundbreaking clinical research trials. The practice participates in more than 150 Phase I, Phase II and Phase III clinical research studies each year and has played a role in developing more than 100 FDA-approved cancer therapies. For more information, visit the company’s website.
