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Skin cancer statistics - UK

cs_mel_hpimageSkin cancer statistics are presented in this section.

  • In 2008 in the UK, 11,767 new cases of malignant melanoma were diagnosed and more than 98,800 non-melanoma skin cancers were registered.
  • In 2009 in the UK, 2,633 people in the UK died from skin cancer. Around 2,081 from malignant melanoma and 552 from non-melanoma skin cancer.

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