| 2002 USA Skin Cancer Statistics |
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| Ø | Over 1,000,000
new cases of primary skin |
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| cancer
projected |
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| Ø | 800,000: Basal cell carcinomas |
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| Ø | 160,000: Squamous cell carcinomas |
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| Ø | 53,600: Malignant melanomas |
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| # of deaths
due to skin cancer – 9,600 |
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| 7,400 –
Malignant melanomas |
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