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Skin Cancer
Founder &
medical director of
a Jeuné and
Acadiana Dermatology
Dr. Christopher Hubbell has been specially trained
to diagnose and treat skin cancers. His annual skin cancer screening in
Lafayette have become traditions. For more information on
skin cancer, please call our office at
(337) 989-7272 for an appointment.
Skin Cancer Facts:
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Over half of all
new cancers are skin cancers.
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More than 1
million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the
United States this year.*
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About 79 percent
of the new skin cancer cases will be basal cell carcinoma, 15
percent are squamous cell carcinoma, and 5 percent are
invasive melanoma. The other 1 percent represents rare types
of skin cancer, such as Merkel cell carcinoma, adnexal
carcinoma(s), dermatofibroma fibrosarcoma protuberans, etc.
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Both basal cell
carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma have a better than 95
percent cure rate if detected and treated early.
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An estimated
10,590 people will die of skin cancer this year, 7,770 from
melanoma and 2,820 from other skin cancers.*
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There will be
about 105,750 new cases of melanoma in 2005 – 46,170 in situ
(noninvasive) and 59,580 invasive (33,580 men and 26,000
women).* This is a 10 percent increase in new cases of
melanoma from 2004. In 2005, at current rates one in 34
Americans have a lifetime risk of developing melanoma and one
in 62 Americans have a lifetime risk of developing invasive
melanoma.
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One American dies
of melanoma almost every hour (every 68 minutes). In 2005,
7,770 deaths will be attributed to melanoma – 4,910 men and
2,860 women.* Older Caucasian males have the highest mortality
rates from melanoma.
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The incidence of
melanoma more than tripled among Caucasians between 1980 and
2003.
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More than 73
percent of skin cancer deaths are from melanoma.
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Melanoma is more
common than any non-skin cancer among women between 25 and 29
years old.
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Invasive melanoma
is the fifth most common cancer in men and the sixth most
common cancer in women.* **
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1 in 5 Americans
will develop some form of skin cancer during their lifetime.
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Five or more
sunburns double your risk of developing skin cancer.
Visit our
Medical Spa and
Dermatology office located in
Lafayette,
Louisiana (LA).
* Source: American
Cancer Society’s 2005 Facts & Figures
** Excluding basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma,
which together are the most common cancers in both sexes.
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