Skin Cancer Facts in UK
Dec
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- There are three main types of skin cancer: malignant melanoma – the deadliest but least common, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
- BCC and SCC are collectively known as ‘non-melanoma skin cancer’. BCC is the most common skin cancer.
- In the UK, more than 100,000 new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed annually, making it the most common cancer. Of these, more than 10,000 are melanoma.
- There are over 2,300 deaths from skin cancer annually in the UK.
- The annual incidence of melanoma worldwide is increasing faster than that of any other cancer.
- In just 30 years, cases of melanoma across Great Britain have quadrupled in men and tripled in women.
- Melanoma is more common in women than men, but there is a faster rate of increase in men and more men die from the disease, possibly due to late detection.
- In as many as 4 out of 5 cases, skin cancer is preventable.
