The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center will be holding the 2015 Melanoma Symposium on Friday, May 1, 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m. at the Sullivan Conference Center.
The public symposium will cover the latest in skin cancer research, treatment and prevention. There will be sessions on how melanoma affects people of different ethnic backgrounds in Hawaiʻi, how it spreads throughout the body and what the newest and most promising treatments are.
Melanoma incidence rates have been increasing in Hawaiʻi for decades. It’s estimated that in 2015 more than 400 people will be diagnosed with melanoma in the state.
At the symposium Asinate Vaivela, a 21-year-old Maui patient, will talk about her struggle with melanoma. National and local skin cancer experts, including Shane Morita, a surgeon and member of the UH Cancer Center’s clinical faculty, will discuss the latest research.
There will be free skin cancer screenings from 1 to 2 p.m.
For more information, download the 2015 Melanoma Symposium flyer.
