Skin cancer

There are three main forms of skin cancer: malignant melanoma, which develops from melanocytes – the cells in the skin that produce melanin when exposed to the sun – and non-melanoma skin cancers, which include basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Other forms of skin cancer are rarer.

‘Skin cancer is curable if diagnosed treated early and ’

Most skin cancer is due  to skin damage from the sun, which accounts for approximately 90% of non-melanoma skin cancers and 60% of malignant melanomas. In particular, sun exposure in childhood involving episodes of sunburn increases the risk of developing skin cancer later in life.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer in fair skin and