Have a spot on your skin you're concerned about? The Wichita Area Skin Cancer Screening Clinic is returning Saturday, May 2, 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 and the Medical Society of Sedgwick County.

The free clinic will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 2, at the patient entrance (east entrance) at KU School of Medicine-Wichita, 1001 N. Minneapolis, Wichita, KS 67214. A visitors parking lot is adjacent to the north of the patient entrance.

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 2025 at KU School of Medicine-Wichita, 210 people received free skin cancer screenings. Dermatologists reported detecting the following from those screenings in 2025: three possible melanomas, five possible squamous cell carcinomas, 11 possible basal cell carcinomas, 37 actinic keratoses and 12 dysplastic nevus. Those affected were encouraged to schedule an appointment with a dermatologist to have the spots evaluated further.

This is the 36th year for the free clinic. More than 16,800 people have been screened since the clinic started.

For more information about this clinic, visit the clinic's Facebook page.