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  2. Skin cancer in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Skin cancer in Australia kills over 2,000 each year, with more than 750,000 diagnosed and treated. [1] Tanning became embedded in Australian culture and proved to be a controversial issue because of its popularity among teens and solarium users, [ 2 ] despite correlations between tanning and an increased risk of developing melanoma .

  3. List of countries by cancer rate - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by cancer frequency, as measured by the number of new cancer cases per 100,000 population among countries, based on the 2018 GLOBOCAN statistics and including all cancer types (some earlier statistics excluded non-melanoma skin cancer).

  4. Australasian College of Dermatologists - Wikipedia

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    Australia and New Zealand have relatively high rates of both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, thought to be due to combinations of fair-skinned population, temperate to subtropical locations and outdoor lifestyle with high sun exposure. [7]

  5. Melanoma - Wikipedia

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    Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. [2] Globally, in 2012, it newly occurred in 232,000 people. [2] In 2015, 3.1 million people had active disease, which resulted in 59,800 deaths. [5] [6] Australia and New Zealand have the highest rates of melanoma in the world. [2]

  6. Skin cancer - Wikipedia

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    Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, globally accounting for at least 40% of cancer cases. [5] [20] The most common type is nonmelanoma skin cancer, which occurs in at least 2–3 million people per year. [6] [21] This is a rough estimate; good statistics are not kept. [1]

  7. List of databases for oncogenomic research - Wikipedia

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    Database Institute / Organization Alteration Types Primary Source [t 1] Processed Data [t 2] Organisms Cell lines [t 3] Public Data [t 4] Restricted Data [t 5]; The BioExpress® Oncology Suite from Ocimum Bio Solutions contains gene expression data from primary, metastatic, and benign tumor samples, and normal samples, including matched adjacent controls.

  8. Category : Deaths from cancer in Australia by state or territory

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    Deaths from cancer in the Australian Capital Territory (31 P) N. Deaths from cancer in New South Wales (208 P) Q. Deaths from cancer in Queensland (52 P) S.

  9. Basal-cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Basal-cell carcinoma (BCC), also known as basal-cell cancer, basalioma [7] or rodent ulcer, [8] is the most common type of skin cancer. [2] It often appears as a painless raised area of skin, which may be shiny with small blood vessels running over it. [1] It may also present as a raised area with ulceration. [1]