Abstract
Skin cancer is by far the most common cancer amongst white populations, surpassing all other cancers combined. The exact incidence is not known because many skin cancers are not reported by the treating physician and many others, being indolent, are never even treated. It is estimated that about 50% of all persons over 65 will develop skin cancer and 25% will develop more than one. So almost every physician will be asked to look at skin cancers on numerous occasions during his career and should learn to identify suspicious lesions. Further, he should also teach his patients to identify such lesions. For both patient and physician education, a color atlas with appropriate legends is invaluable. The 2000 lives lost to skin cancer each year in the U.S. could be completely prevented.
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Sherman, C.D. (1982). Skin Cancer. In: Sherman, C.D., Hossfeld, D.K., Love, R.R., Bosch, F.X. (eds) Manual of Clinical Oncology. UICC International Union Against Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97267-6_18
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