Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Rates Soaring

(HealthScout) UPDATED 2010-03-15

Non-melanoma skin cancer is now the most common kind of cancer in the United States, with more Americans affected by it than all other cancers combined. Rates of non-melanoma skin cancer have been steadily rising since the 1990s, and currently one in every five 70-year-olds has been treated for the condition. Read full story >

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Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Rates Soaring

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