Dr. Rivers contributed an article, “Skin Cancer: Know Your Risk” in the Summer 2014 edition of the Canadian Dermatology Association’s My Skin magazine. Distributed via The Globe & Mail, the magazine is also available online:
It’s only skin deep, but melanoma is a potentially deadly spot caused by exposure to ultraviolet light from either the sun or artificial light sources. There will be 6,000 new cases of melanoma in Canada this year, and another 1,050 people are predicted to die from this cancer. In North America, someone dies from melanoma every hour…. read more.