Sunday, November 22, 2009 East Central Illinois

Experts: 'Healthy' tan can be a ticket to skin cancer

By Debra Pressey
Thursday, June 4, 2009 9:03 AM CDT

MAHOMET – Oh, those relaxing, hot summer days at the pool.

Annalisa Cockerham used to love those days when she was a teenager – and the nice tan she'd get spending so much time in the sun.

But she's become a lot more cautious about her sun exposure since she developed melanoma, the most dangerous kind of skin cancer.

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