Skin Cancer The Facts

There are three types of skin cancer: the two most common are Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinomas. They are easily treated and rarely fatal. The third and most dangerous is the malignant melanoma.
Skin cancer is the second most common cancer in the United Kingdom, with about 40,500 new cases each year, of which 6,000 are malignant melanomas. About 1,500 people die from melanomas in Britain every year.
By the year 2001, 1 in every 90 people in the US will get malignant melanoma. The UK figure is 1 in every 150-200

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