On-Site Screenings Help Orange County Firefighters With Cancer Prevention

On-Site Screenings Help Orange County Firefighters With Cancer Prevention
Dr. Tanya Evans from CalDerm is seen performing skin cancer spot screening on a firefighter in Huntington Beach, Calif., on April 30, 2023. Sophie Li/The Epoch Times
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Lines of fire trucks arrived at a training facility April 30, bringing dozens of Orange County firefighters to receive free skin cancer screenings.

“Occupational cancer is so big in the fire service right now. It’s the number one line-of-duty death for us,” Scott Jennie, with the Firefighter Cancer Support Network told The Epoch Times.

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