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Skin cancers most common on Island

Skin cancer accounted for almost half of all cancer diagnoses on the Island in the past five years.

A Freedom of Information request from 3FM asked how many cancers had been detected since 2019.

In its response, Manx Care revealed 3,430 cases had been found - with 1,649 skin cancers.

Next most common was breast cancer with 403 diagnoses, followed by colorectal - which was found 342 times.

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