Cover Hautkrebsreport 2019On 29th May Prof. Dr. Gerd Glaeske, Co-editor, presented the "Skin cancer report 2019" together with Techniker Krankenkasse and University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in Germany with 270,000 new cases a year. In every seventh skin cancer, the most dangerous is black skin cancer (malignant melanoma), which accounts for around 14% of skin cancers, with 86% white or pale skin cancers. The number increases every year - in the years 2009 to 2015, 50% additional diagnoses of light skin cancer and 30% of black skin cancer were made. Skin cancer is often curable if diagnosed early enough.
