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To study the incidence and characteristics of nonmelanoma skin cancer in New Brunswick, Canada.

Incidence of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in New Brunswick, Canada, 1992 to 2001

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Descriptive analysis reports incidence rates of nonmelanoma skin cancer in New Brunswick, suggesting similar trends to other regions.

To study the incidence and characteristics of nonmelanoma skin cancer in New Brunswick, Canada.
Utilized data from the New Brunswick Provincial Cancer Registry from 1992 to 2001.
Performed a descriptive analysis of incidence rates for basal cell carcinoma and invasive squamous cell carcinoma.
Conducted age standardization using Canadian, US, and world standard populations.
Age-standardized incidence rates for basal cell carcinoma were 87 per 100,000 for males and 68 for females.
For invasive squamous cell carcinoma, the rates were 34 for males and 16 for females.
The overall ratio of basal cell carcinoma to invasive squamous cell carcinoma was 2.8 to 1.

Hayes et al. (2007) studied this question.

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