Skin Cancer Prognosis. Having 5 or more sunburns doubles your risk for melanoma. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the united states and worldwide.
Skin cancer has a high cure rate but only if caught early. This rare form of skin cancer develops in the skin s blood vessels and causes red or purple patches on the skin or mucous membranes. In males five year net survival ranges from 99 at stage 1 to 68 at stage 3 for patients diagnosed during 2013 2017 in england.
In females five year net survival ranges from 100 at stage 1 to 74 at stage 3.
More than 2 people die of skin cancer in the u s. Five years after diagnosis 92 5 percent of women were alive compared to 87 3 percent of men. People with non melanoma skin cancer and a weakened immune system have a poorer prognosis than people without a weakened immune system. If you don t have access to good care even with an early stage skin cancer the prognosis may not be all that rosy.
