据《美国预防医学杂志》报道,美国疾病控制中心的研究成果表明,在2002—2011年间,美国皮肤癌治疗费用的升幅是其他癌症治疗费用升幅的5倍。皮肤癌的年平均治疗费用在2002—2006年之间为36亿美元,而在2007—2011年间,这项费用增加到了81亿美元,提高了126%。同期所有其他癌症的年平均治疗费用增幅为25%。接受皮肤癌治疗的成年人的数量在2002—2006年间平均为240万人/年, According to the report of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the results of the research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the cost of treating skin cancer in the United States increased by 5 times the cost of other cancer treatments during 2002-2011. The annual average cost of treating skin cancer was $ 3.6 billion between 2002 and 2006, while in 2007-2011 the cost increased to $ 8.1 billion, an increase of 126%. The average annual cost of all other cancers over the same period increased by 25%. The number of adults treated for skin cancer averaged 2.4 million people / year between 2002 and 2006,