Over 1/2 of all cancers are Skin Cancers 

Types of Skin Cancers (Incidence)

800,000 BCC (Basal Cell Carcinoma)
200,000 SCC (Squamous Cell Carcinoma) 
  51,400 MM   (Malignant Melanoma)
           5,000 MM (Male)
           2,800 MM (Female)

Skin Cancer Deaths

1,900 Other Skin Cancers
7,800 MM (Malignant Melanoma)
           5,000 MM (Male)
           2,800 MM (Female)

Life Time Risk

Life time risk of developing Melanoma

1/60 (Male)
1/80 (Female)

Year 2001 Sources: 1. CA - a cancer journal for clinicians,2. Cancer Facts & Figures 2001, 3. Darrell S. Rigel MD. 

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