I developed skin cancer which went undetected and migrated to my right lung, when it was detected I had to have surgery to remove the top lobe of the lung followed by eight months of chemotherapy and 60 doses of radiation treatment.
I am to all intensive purposes clear now and have regained my medical after a 3 year fight. During my time in hospital, my surgeon showed me a report of a study carried out 1995-1999 in which the results indicated that pilots had a 20% increased chance of skin cancer than earthbound folks, seems that at altitude there is less cloud etc to reduce the effects of the sun, some windscreens are coated but not all, plus we spend a lot of time on the ramp etc. Think about it!, I oil up every flight and always wear a long sleeved shirt...
KW
