Skin-Cancer Prevention Campaign Declares Today National Don't Fry Day

May 28, 2010 — -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention have launched a skin cancer prevention campaign that declares today Don't Fry Day.

The campaign encourages people not to "fry" their skins by overexposure to the sun or tanning beds. It also aims to raise awareness and provide information and resources about the disease.

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May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. More than 2 million cases of the disease are diagnosed every year, according to the American Cancer Society.

"Good Morning America" co-anchor Sam Champion had surgery on live television earlier this month to remove a cancerous spot -- a basal cell carcinoma -- from his skin.

It was his fifth basal cell carcinoma removal and, Champion said, he had the latest procedure on television to highlight the national problem.

Skin cancer is the most prevalent cancer, and one in five people will be diagnosed with some form of the disease in their lifetime, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation, an international organization that urges awareness, prevention and early detection of the disease.