Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in Brazil, accounting for 33% of cases in the country. The National Cancer Institute (Inca) records about 185 thousand new diagnoses of the disease annually, and melanoma is considered the most aggressive form of the disease, responsible for more than 8 thousand cases.
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