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Skin cancer -



        Epidemiology





















































                               Zaher Khazaei, et al. World Cancer Research Journal. 2019 Aug; 6:e1265




         More              common                 in       the         lighter-skinned

            populations which are more susceptible to

            ultraviolet light damage than the dark-

            skinned






         Australia and New Zealand have the world’s

            highest rates of skin cancer


               Progressive depletion of ozone layer led to an
                 increase in penetration of ultraviolet radiation
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