Skin cancer is on the rise among young adults, according to a US study on Monday that suggests using indoor tanning beds and failing to protect against childhood sunburns may be to blame.
Between 1970 and 2009, the rate of melanoma among women increased eightfold and quadrupled among men, according to Mayo Clinic experts who studied all medical records for 256 people in a county in Minnesota over that timespan.
However, death rates from melanoma fell during the same period, suggesting that early interventions may be helping to save some lives, said the researchers.
And while the results of the small study may not be representative of the entire United States, lead investigator Jerry Brewer, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, sounded the alarm about what he called a ?dramatic rise in women in their 20s and 30s.?
?There is no such thing as a healthy baseline tan,? Brewer said.
?Even though young people have more of an understanding of the detrimental effects of tanning they are still not changing their behavior and they are tanning just as much or more as they did way back in the ?80s.?
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/skin-cancer-rise-among-young-adults-us-study-065620615.html
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