Can skin cancer kill people?

Can skin cancer kill people? Skin cancer is a disease that poses a threat to the patient's life. Compared with other tumor diseases such as liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, and lung cancer, skin cancer generally does not metastasize. The incidence of skin cancer in my country is very low, but it is one of the common malignant tumors in the white race, exceeding the sum of all other malignant tumors.

The incidence of skin cancer in southern Australia is at least 650/100,000, and among Caucasians in the United States, the incidence is as high as 165/100,000, which is 100 times the incidence in my country. Among skin cancers, basal cell carcinoma is the most common, accounting for more than 60%.

The early manifestations of various skin cancers are mostly erythematous skin lesions, accompanied by scaly desquamation or crust formation. It is not only difficult to distinguish its histological type by naked eye observation, but also easy to confuse with benign skin diseases such as psoriasis and eczema. It often requires pathological examination to confirm the diagnosis. Whether surgery, radiotherapy or other treatment methods, skin cancer has a good effect, and the cure rate can be more than 90%. Therefore, after the diagnosis of skin cancer, it is necessary to choose the appropriate treatment in time, only in this way can it be possible to suppress the disease.