Joint project with

Skin Cancer Prognosis

Reading time: 1 min

Skin cancer is one of the cancers with the best prognosis, so long as it is detected at an early stage. The cure rate is around 95%.

People are increasingly aware of the importance of protecting themselves from the sun and monitoring any blemishes on their skin. These preventive measures contribute to an early diagnosis in the initial stages, which increases patient survival rates . Small tumours are easily treated and cured, whereas melanomas in an advanced stage can be fatal.

Read more Living with the disease

Joint project with

Did you find this content useful?

Yes No

Sorry this content wasn't helpful to you. Send us your comment and we will take it into account to continue improving.

Thanks for your help!

An error has occurred and we were unable to send your opinion, please try again later.

What is Cancer?

General information about Cancer

Eugenia Moliner Papell Nurse Dermatology Department

Josep Malvehy Guilera Dermatologist Dermatology Department

Published: 20 February 2018
Updated: 20 February 2018

The donations that can be done through this webpage are exclusively for the benefit of Hospital Clínic of Barcelona through Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica and not for BBVA Foundation, entity that collaborates with the project of PortalClínic.

Receive the latest updates related to this content.