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Article: Skin cancer estimate rises. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- May 13, 1994
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The nation's skin doctors have made skin cancer warnings a rite of spring, but this year, the cautions are backed by ominous new research.
In a study released last week, scientists doubled their estimate for the number of Americans who get non-melanoma skin cancer _ the common, less serious type that, nonetheless, accounts for more than 1,200 deaths and countless disfiguring surgeries a year.
An estimated 900,000 to 1.2 million non-melanoma skin cancers occur each year, about double the estimate formerly used by the American Cancer Society and other educational groups, says a study in May's Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
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