ABSTRACT
Division of Dermatology and Cancer Control Research Program, British Columbia Cancer Agency, and Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Tim K. Lee
Cancer Control Research Program, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, and School of Computing Sciences, Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Chris D. Bajdik
Cancer Control Research Program, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, and Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
INTRODUCTION
Nonmelanocytic cancers of the skin are the most common malignancies world-
wide and are particularly frequent in fair-skin populations. This review will
describe the incidence in different populations, as well as discuss current knowl-
edge concerning risk factors for the two most common types of the disease: basal
cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
