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Lets keep in mind that sun exposure is extremally health promoting. All cause mortality declines with increased sun exposure - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar…
and most common skin cancers are not very dangerous compared with the cancers avoided by sun exposure noted above -
"Survival for most non-melanoma skin cancers is excellent. The 5-year rel…
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Lets keep in mind that sun exposure is extremally health promoting. All cause mortality declines with increased sun exposure - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5129901/
and most common skin cancers are not very dangerous compared with the cancers avoided by sun exposure noted above -
"Survival for most non-melanoma skin cancers is excellent. The 5-year relative survival for BCC is 100%. This means that, on average, all of the people diagnosed with BCC are just as likely to live at least 5 years after their diagnosis as people in the general population. The 5-year relative survival for SCC is slightly less at 95%."
(Canadian Cancer Society) https://cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-types/skin-non-melanoma/prognosis-and-survival/survival-statistics#:~:text=Relative%20survival&text=Survival%20for%20most%20non%2Dmelanoma,people%20in%20the%20general%20population.