Some Practical Aspects of Cancer Prevention

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Abstract
Carcinoma of the Skin Incidence The difference between morbidity and mortality data in cancer of the skin reflects the curability of this form of malignant disease. In 1940 in the United States the incidence of skin-cancer cases per 100,000 among white males and females was 38 and 28 respectively, whereas the mortality per 100,000 white population was 2.6 and 1.7 respectively.209 In 1948, 2111 males and 1451 females died of cancer of the skin in the United States, whereas 522 males and 46 females died from cancer of the lip and 35 died from cancer of the scrotum in the . . .