{"id":227064,"date":"2026-05-11T11:58:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227064\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:58:05","slug":"expert-stresses-importance-of-early-skin-cancer-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227064\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert stresses importance of early skin cancer checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, a time focused on educating the public about prevention, detection and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>According to the American Cancer Society, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, but nearly all cases can be treated effectively when found early.<\/p>\n<p>Early detection is key, along with knowing what changes to look for on the skin. Health experts say regular checks and awareness of warning signs can make a significant difference in outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Abigail Cline, a dermatologist with NYC Health + Hospitals, joined Rocco Vertuccio on Sunday to discuss prevention tips, what to watch for and how New Yorkers can protect themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Tap the video player above to watch the interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, a time focused on educating the public about prevention, detection and treatment.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[2952,25,9,24,63,5252,134,136,135,200,4181],"class_list":["post-227064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-app-health","tag-app-top-stories","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-rocco-vertuccio","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-vod","tag-weekend-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}