Study Warns: Melanoma Cases Increase By 50 Percent Among Young Women

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Cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, are rising among young women, according to a study by the National Institute of Cancer. Not the same thing can be said about melanoma cases among men, which appear to have slowed down recently.

For the study, Mark Purdue, a researcher at the National Cancer Institute” Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics browsed through more than 20,000 cases of melanoma in young adults ages 15 to 39 from 1973 to 2004. The cases were registered by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End result program, a database administered by the National Cancer Institute.

Between 1980 and 2004, Purdue and colleagues found a 50 percent increase in the annual incidence of melanoma among young women. This led the researchers to a simply conclusion. Although the researchers did not study the causes leading to this huge number of melanoma cases, they blamed a current trend circulating among young women, namely going to tanning salons or exposing too much to the sun’s damaging rays.

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he American Academy of Dermatology estimates that nearly 63,000 people will be diagnosed with melanoma in the U.S. this year, and about 8,400 will die from the disease. The main risk factor for developing melanoma is ultraviolet radiation.

Used to be that "Today's tanned beauty is tomorrow's wrinkled prune" now it's Tanning leaves a beautiful corpse.

We are going to the beach in August. Thanks for the preemptive Mom update! :hi:

I sent it to my niece! We had a TERRIBLE confrontation over tanning!

malignant melanoma. BUT -- it was caught very very very early. I have to consult a surgeon, and have the remaining outer circle of epidermis removed for safety. But no chemo or radiation, but vigilant examination by my dermatologist.

Warning: the four signs of skin cancer are not open for interpretation. I had a two-toned freckle-mole that was my site. I had three bad sunburns (one third-degree and two second-degree) before I was six. It was a matter of time before I got this diagnosis.

I'm dealing with it and urge everyone to visit a dermatologist and have your entire body examined. Skin cancer caught early is one of the most treatable forms of cancer.