Alfonso Berrocal

Alfonso Berrocal

Alfonso Berrocal
Position

Chief of the Oncology Department at the University General Hospital of Valencia

President of the Spanish Multidisciplinary Melanoma Group

Topics

Cases of skin cancer in people over the age of 65 will increase in the coming decades

Research analyzing data from more than 200 countries concludes that people over the age of 65 will face an increase in skin cancer cases over the next two decades. The study, published in JAMA Dermatology, used data from 1990 to 2021 and made estimates through 2050. Men and people living in countries with higher sociodemographic indices showed a higher incidence.

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