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Skin cancer

General Information

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer.

The main types of skin cancer are squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Melanoma is much less common than the other types but much more likely to invade nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body. Most deaths from skin cancer are caused by melanoma.

More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the U.S. than all other cancers combined.

The annual cost of treating skin cancers in the U.S. is estimated at $8.1 billion: about $4.8 billion for nonmelanoma skin cancers and $3.3 billion for melanoma.

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Epidemiology

2020

There were more than 150,000 new cases of melanoma of skin in 2020.​

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Sources: 
https://www.cancer.gov/types/skin
https://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/skin-cancer-facts/
https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/skin-cancer-statistics/
[Accessed: November 2022]

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