SKIN CANCER

Introduction. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. It is estimated that there will be more than 1 million new cases of non-melanoma skin cancers in 2008,1 62,480 new cases of melanoma,2 and the incidence of this disease has been growing 4% to 8% a year since the ‘60s.3 It is estimated that there will be 8420 deaths from melanoma in 2008. ................
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