STATISTICS

Doctors collect statistical information about the different types of cancer and prognosis. Prognosis is the likely outcome of your disease and treatment. In other words, your chances of getting better and how long you are likely to live.

There are around 16,700 new melanoma skin cancer cases in the UK every year, that's 46 every day (2016-2018).
Melanoma skin cancer is the 5th most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 4% of all new cancer cases (2016-2018).
In females in the UK, melanoma skin cancer is the 5th most common cancer, with around 8,400 new cases every year (2016-2018).
In males in the UK, melanoma skin cancer is the 6th most common cancer, with around 8,400 new cases every year (2016-2018).
Incidence rates for melanoma skin cancer in the UK are highest in people aged 85 to 89 (2016-2018).
Since the early 1990s, melanoma skin cancer incidence rates have more than doubled (140%) in the UK. Rates in females have around doubled (106%), and rates in males have almost tripled (186%) (2016-2018).
Over the last decade, melanoma skin cancer incidence rates have increased by around a third (32%) in the UK. Rates in females have increased by more than a quarter (27%), and rates in males have increased by almost two-fifths (38%) (2016-2018).

The main thing you should know is that if you have had an early melanoma, with no spread to your lymph nodes or any other part of your body, then it is highly likely that simply removing it will cure you. Melanoma is more difficult to treat in the later stages.

Of all those diagnosed with melanoma in England and Wales, about 86 out of every 100 people will live for at least 5 years. About 83 out of every 100 people diagnosed with melanoma will live for at least 10 years.

Melanoma skin cancer, Average Number of New Cases per Year and Age-Specific Incidence Rates per 100,000 Population, UK, 2016-2018

Source: Cancer Research UK, Melanoma skin cancer statistics 2016-2018. Available at: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/melanoma-skin-cancer#heading-Zero Last accessed: August 2022

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