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Skin cancer, namely melanoma, basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma, is accounted for around one million new cases of cancer and 9800 deaths each year in the United States . Exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation has been identified as the most modifiable risk factor. Melanoma, one of the deadliest yet easily preventable and treatable cancer, has grounded scientific and epidemiological rationales for numerous prevention programs that can be essentially divided into “population approach” and “high risk approach”. High Risk Approach Individual and target-focused intervention is the essence of “high risk approach” strategy. High risk groups targeted include people with fair complexion, severe sunburn in childhood, photosensitivity, pre-malignant skin lesions such as solar keratoses, immunosuppression (renal transplant), and outdoor workers with prolonged high level of UVR exposure . The prevention strategies invo