Contents of The Skin Cancer Foundation Journal - MAY 2012

The 2012 edition of The Skin Cancer Foundation Journal features medically reviewed, reader-friendly articles such as tanning, the increasing incidence of skin cancer diagnoses among young women, & the prevalence of melanoma among white males over 50.

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THE FACTS
The rise in skin cancer rates happens to coincide with the growth of indoor tanning, which was fi rst introduced in the US in the late 1970s.
People who tan indoors are:
74% 2.5x
1.5x 71%
more likely
to develop melanoma more likely
to develop squamous cell carcinoma
more likely
to develop basal cell carcinoma than non-tanners
of tanning
salon patrons are girls and women aged 16-29.
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