As a follow-up to Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month , the Health Ministry would like to share more information about skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer.
Most skin cancer is caused by sun damage.
Ninety percent of skin cancers occur on the face, neck, and arms, where sun exposure is greatest. The border is usually irregular and they often bleed. These lesions grow slowly and usually do not spread to other parts of the body. Basal Cell cancers appear as pearly or waxy nodules with central depressions or ulceration. This type of cancer grows slowly and only by direct extension.