WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- As summer tans fade, fall is the ideal time to check for signs of skin cancer. That's because skin cancer doesn't take a vacation.

A self-exam could save your life.

"What I always tell my patients is look for anything growing, changing, bleeding or itching. Melanoma, which is the less common types of skin cancer, is unfortunately, one of the more deadly types of skin cancer," said Dr. Benjamin Lockshin, a Rockville-based dermatologist at DermAssociates.

Lockshin said they go by the ABCDE's of melanoma.

"So if something is asymmetrical, irregular border, multiple colors, large in diameter, or if it's evolving. Changing, bleeding or itching are also different considerations as well. Now there are other types of skin cancers as well. Those include basal cell sk

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