List some of the important facts about skin cancer.- Most people receive nearly 50% of their cumulative lifetime sun exposure by age 40.
- Sun exposure causes at least 90% of all skin cancers.
- One in five Americans will develop skin cancer during his or her lifetime.
- In the United States, over 1 million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed annually, afflicting more people than any other cancer.
- In 2009, according to the American Cancer Society, 68,720 Americans will develop malignant melanoma, and there will be 8,650 melanoma-related deaths.
- Melanoma accounts for about 4% of skin cancer cases, but it causes about 79% of skin cancer deaths.
- The incidence of melanoma is increasing at a rate faster than that of any other cancer, having nearly doubled in the last decade.
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