title: Skin cancer by state and territory.
abstract: There is a paucity of Australian state-based data on the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the skin are not notifiable diseases and are not collected by the state and territory cancer registries. In a 2002 survey, the Australian age-standardised incidence per 100,000 persons for NMSC was 1170 (BCC 884, SCC 387), with a higher incidence in the northern latitudes.
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Research Centre, University of Sydney, New South Wales.
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McGrath
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Britt
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*