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“Comprehensive, high-quality epidemiological data on the impact of skin cancer in the elderly population….is lacking, deriving mostly from retrospective and cross- sectional studies in institutional long care or outpatient settings”

The reported incidence of the NMSC in the general population is largely underestimated, as these tumours are not recorded in national cancer registries

Garcovich, S., et al. (2017). "Skin Cancer Epidemics in the Elderly as An Emerging Issue in Geriatric Oncology." Aging Dis 8 (5): 643-661.