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Melanoma (Skin Cancer)
Melanoma is the deadliest of skin cancers. Rates of diagnosis for the disease have increased dramatically over the past three decades, outpacing almost all other cancers. Today, it is one of the most common cancers found among young adults in the United States (especially young women), despite the fact that the average age of people diagnosed with the disease is 63.
The American Cancer Society expects about 100,640 new melanomas will be diagnosed (about 59,170 in men and 41,470 in women) this year, and about 8,290 people (about 5,430 men and 2,860 women) will succumb to the disease.
Source of information: www.curemelanoma.org