Skin Cancer Facts

• One in 5 Americans will get skin cancer in their lifetime.
• One in three new cancers are skin cancers.
• Melanoma is the most frequent cancer among women aged 25 to 29 and second only to breast cancer in women aged 30 to 34.
• In 1930, an American's lifetime risk of developing invasive melanoma was 1 in 1500. In 1980, that risk increased to 1 in 250. If the current rate of increase continues, by the year 2000 the lifetime risk may be 1 in 75.

 
• Look Out For

 

 

nything unusual, especially a change in the size or color of a mole or dark spot. Also look out for any spot or growth that continues to itch, hurt, crust, scab, erode, or bleed, or an open sore that lasts for more than four weeks or heals and reopens.

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