Have a spot on your skin you're concerned about? The Wichita Area Skin Cancer Screening Clinic is returning Saturday, May 3, to KU School of Medicine-Wichita, offering free skin cancer checks to the community.

The popular clinic is provided by Wichita-area dermatologists in partnership with the American Academy of Dermatology, KU School of Medicine-Wichita, United Way of the Plains and the Medical Society of Sedgwick County.

The free clinic will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 3, at the east entrance (patient entrance) at KU School of Medicine-Wichita, 1001 N. Minneapolis, Wichita, KS 67214.

According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, more people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the U.S. than all other cancers combined, with one in five Americans developing skin cancer by the age of 70.

During the last free Wichita Area Skin Cancer Screening Clinic, in May 2024 at KU School of Medicine-Wichita, 308 people received free skin cancer screenings. Dermatologists reported detecting the following from those screenings in 2024: five possible melanomas, six possible squamous cell carcinomas, 21 possible basal cell carcinomas, 48 actinic keratoses and 25 dysplastic nevus. More than 30% of the 308 people screened were encouraged to schedule an appointment with a dermatologist to have the spots evaluated further.

This is the 35th year for the free clinic. More than 16,600 people have been screened since the clinic started.

For more information about this clinic, call 316-777-6104 or visit the clinic's Facebook page.