![]() ![]() The estimated five-year survival rate for patients whose melanoma is detected early is over 99 percent. Across all stages of melanoma, the average five-year survival rate in the U.S.Compared with stage I melanoma patients treated within 30 days of being biopsied, those treated 30 to 59 days after biopsy have a 5 percent higher risk of dying from the disease, and those treated more than 119 days after biopsy have a 41 percent higher risk.In fact, one UK study found that about 86 percent of melanomas can be attributed to exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. The vast majority of melanomas are caused by the sun.Of those, 5,420 will be men and 2,570 will be women. ![]() An estimated 7,990 people will die of melanoma in 2023.In the past decade (2013 – 2023), the number of new invasive melanoma cases diagnosed annually increased by 27 percent. ![]() Of the invasive cases, 58,120 will be men and 39,490 will be women. Of those, 89,070 cases will be in situ (noninvasive), confined to the epidermis (the top layer of skin), and 97,610 cases will be invasive, penetrating the epidermis into the skin’s second layer (the dermis).
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