SPF Minute #2 – Skin Cancer Is A Huge Economic Burden

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada “The Canadian economic burden of skin and subcutaneous tissue disease was 2 Billion Dollars in 2010 and the amount of people getting skin cancer has been increasing in Canada at a fairly constant rate over the past 30 years.”
SPF Minute #1 – Skin Cancer Is More Prevalent Than You Think

Skin Cancer is more prevalent than you think. According to the Canadian Skin Cancer Foundation, “There are more new cases of skin cancer each year than the number of breasts, prostate, lung and colon cancers combined and one in every three cancers diagnosed worldwide is skin cancer.”