articleBritish Journal of DermatologyApr 1, 2002Closed access

The epidemiology of skin cancer

TDT.L. DiepgenVMVera Mahler

Heidelberg University · University Hospital Heidelberg

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Abstract

Melanoma and non-melanoma (basal and squamous cell carcinoma) skin cancer (NMSC) are now the most common types of cancer in the white populations and the incidence of skin cancer has reached epidemic proportions. According to recent population-based studies from Australia the incidence rate is over 2% for basal cell carcinoma in males and 1% for squamous cell carcinoma, and there are over 50 new cases of melanoma per 100 000.

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Keywords
  • Skin cancer
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • Basal cell
  • Melanoma
  • Incidence (geometry)
  • Dermatology
  • Medicine
  • Epidemiology
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