Skin Cancer Facts

Article: Skin Cancer Facts

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More than 1 million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year.
1 in 5 Americans will develop some form of skin cancer during their lifetime.
In 2007, at current rates, a person has a 1 in 33 chance of developing melanoma.
The risk of developing invasive melanoma is 1 in 63.
Invasive melanoma is the sixth most common cancer in men and women.
Melanoma is the second most common cancer in women aged 20 – 29.
One American dies of melanoma almost every hour (every 65 minutes).
Older Caucasian males have the highest mortality rates from melanoma.
The incidence of melanoma has increased 690% from 1950 to 2001, and the overall mortality
rate increased 165% during this same period.
Both basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma have a better than 95% five-year cure
rate if detected and treated early.
Five or more sunburns double your risk of developing skin cancer.