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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