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Skin Cancer
Introduction
The incidence of skin cancer in India is much lower than in other parts of the world. The researchers found India to have a low incidence of melanoma.
Skin cancer is the abnormal growth of skin cells and is the most common type of cancer around the world. While skin cancer usually forms on sections of the skin exposed to direct sunlight, it can also grow on other parts of the body that don’t often see the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays.

Types of Skin Cancer
There are three main types of skin cancer-

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC): BCC, is a cancer of the basal cells at the bottom of the epidermis. Basal Cell Carcinomas are the most common type of skin cancer and mostly develop in areas of skin exposed to the sun such as the head, face, ears, and neck.
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC):SCC, is a cancer of the cells in the outer layer of the skin and is the second most common type of skin cancer. Usually, SCCs develop slowly, and they only spread to other parts of the body if they are left untreated for a long time. Sometimes, they can behave more aggressively and spread at an earlier stage.
Malignant melanomas:Malignant melanomas are less common but very serious. They behave differently from Basal Cell Carcinomas or Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Malignant melanomas can grow quickly so need to be treated early. Melanoma develops when cells called melanocytes to grow and divide at a quicker rate than usual.
There are four main types of skin melanoma:

Superficial spreading melanoma
Nodular melanoma
Lentigo maligna melanoma
Acral lentiginous melanoma.
Causes
Most of the skin cancer is caused by overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun and artificial sources such as solariums. UV radiation is strong enough to damage skin cells and cause skin cancer.
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