Press 17% more in-patient treatments of skin cancer within 5 years

Press release No. 214 of 27 June 2017

WIESBADEN – The number of skin cancer treatments in hospital rose by 17.1% between 2010 and 2015. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that a total of 100,400 patients with this disease received in-patient treatment in 2015. Hospital treatment was required more often for men (57%) than for women (43%).

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