Friday, October 21, 2011

Melanoma Shortens Life by 20 Years

According to new estimates of the cancer's health and economic burdens by the Center of Disease Control in the United States, melanoma skin cancer cuts life short by an average of 20 years, and mortality from the disease costs $3.5 billion annually in lost productivity. A person who died of melanoma during 2000 to 2006 lost more than $400,000 in lifetime earnings, $100,000 more compared with a person who died of another type of cancer.

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