Over 1 000 skin cancer cases recorded annually: Hansen

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2025-02-12

WINDHOEK, 21 December 2107 - Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Association of Namibia, Rolf Hansen. (Photo by: Francois Lottering) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 FEB (NAMPA) - Namibia records an average of 1 016 new skin cancer cases every year, making it the most common cancer in the country.
Data from the Namibia National Cancer Registry shows that in 2015 there were 1 153 cases, increasing to 1 185 in 2016 and 1 269 in 2017.
A decline was recorded in 2018 with 831 cases, followed by 894 in 2019 and 766 in 2020.
This was revealed by Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) Chief Executive Offi...

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