Essential facts Skin cancer can be split into 2 groups: malignant melanoma, which can be fatal; and non-melanoma, such as squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinomas, which are rarely lethal. In 2013 there were 14,509 new cases of malignant melanoma in the UK and, in 2014, 2,459 people died from the disease. Non-melanoma skin cancers are more common; 72,100 new cases were diagnosed in the UK in 2013.
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