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Cancer trends no 20. non-melanoma skin cancer |
National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI), The
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Between 1994 and 2011, an average of 6,899 cases of invasive skin
cancer was diagnosed per year in Ireland. Malignant melanoma
accounted for just over 8% of this number; the vast bulk of all invasive
skin cancers being non-melanomatous subtypes, of which over 6,300
were diagnosed each year (Table 1). Over 95% of these “nonmelanoma”
skin cancers were histologically diagnosed and almost all
were either basal (68% approximately) or squamous (30%) cell
carcinomas (BCC and SCC respectively). The remaining nonmelanoma subtypes were all very rare by comparison and included Kaposi sarcoma and cutaneous lymphomas, principally mycosis fungoides and T-cell lymphomas. The remainder of this report deals with BCC and SCC only.
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Keyword(s):
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SKIN CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS |
Publication Date:
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2013 |
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Type:
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Report |
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Peer-Reviewed:
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Unknown |
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Language(s):
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English |
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Institution:
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Lenus |
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Publisher(s):
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National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) |
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Related Link(s):
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http://www.ncri.ie/ |
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First Indexed:
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2017-05-12 07:10:54 |
