15 Facts About Skin Cancer

15 FACTS ABOUT SKIN CANCER 1 in 5 People WILL DEVELOP IT in the Course of Their Life Is the MOST COMMON of all Cancers Skin Cancer Accounting for 40% of Cases MELANOMA Causes 75% of Deaths Related to Skin Cancer EVERY HOUR 1 Person Dies of Melanoma QQQQ QQQQ 8 New Cases of Melanoma are Diagnosed 86% of Melanomas Can be Attributed to UV Exposure From the Sun EVERY YEAR In The U.S. 2,800,000 BASAL CELL CARCINOMA SQUAMOUS 700,000 CELL CARCINOMA 73,870 MELANOMA| CASES are DIAGNOSED A WHEN DETECTED EARLY Before it has Spread to the Lymph Nodes The 5-Year Survival Rate for Melanoma is 98% IFallowed to SPREAD to the Lym ph Nodes The Survival Rate - 63% To AND fit METASTASIZES To Distant Organs The Survival Rate Falls to 16% PREVENTION Is ACHIEVED by LIMITING Your SUN EXPOSURE Avoiding O TANNING BEDS USING a BROAD SPF > 15 SPECTRUM SUNSCREEN Doing YEARLY SKIN EXAMS with a DOCTOR &A and by DOING MONTHLY SELF-EXAMINATIONS Made with v by the people at www.myskinpal.com The Easiest Way To Track Your Moles Data From SkinCancer.org Icons by FontAwesome