Skin cancer survival rates improving, report finds

Skin cancer survival rates improving, report finds

Almost 100% of people survive at least five years after being diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer, while for melanoma, the more serious type of skin cancer, the survival rate has improved significantly to 92%, a report by the National Cancer Registry of Ireland has found.

Survival rates for skin cancer in Ireland near 100pc, new report reveals

Nearly 100pc of people in Ireland survive at least five years after being diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer, the most common form of the disease, a new report reveals today.

The comedian and standuper Mau Nieto surprised his followers by revealing that his wife, dermatologist Carla Fernández, diagnosed him with skin cancer. Through an Instagram post, the influencer also shared that it was nothing serious, and that everything started as a result of his taste for sunbathing without a protector when he went out on vacation. One day a granite came out on my chest, scratched it and once he bled me, then it started to get…

Almost 100 per cent survival rate for non-melanoma skin cancer

Nine-in-ten survive melanoma for at least five years, NCRI report finds The post Almost 100 per cent survival rate for non-melanoma skin cancer appeared first on Irish Medical Times.

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