There are two types of skin cancer that often get talked about as one type of skin cancer however they behave quite differently

• Melanoma skin cancer accounts for 16,200 melanoma cases and 2,300 deaths per year in the UK
• Non melanoma skin cancer accounts for 152,000 skin cancer cases with 720 deaths per year in the UK

Melanoma skin cancer is by far the more serious, but non-melanoma is also a risk and affects thousands of Brits each year.