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Science Skin cancer 50% worse for young white women in U.S.
Science Skin cancer 50% worse for young white women in U.S. | Skin cancer 50% worse for young white women in U.S. |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Saturday, 12 July 2008 | |
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The article “Recent Trends in Incidence of Cutaneous Melanoma among US Caucasian Young Adults” was published online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology on Thursday, July 10, 2008. Led by Mark P. Purdue, the researchers in the study include Laura E. Beane, William F. Anderson, and Margaret A. Tucker, all with the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A. The U.S. National Cancer Institute researchers analyzed data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Ed Results (SEER) program that was collected between 1973 and 2004. The data was collected only on male and female Caucasian Americans between the ages of 15 and 39 years in the U.S. areas of: Atlanta, Georgia; Connecticut; Detroit, Michigan, Hawaii; Iowa; New Mexico; San Francisco-Oakland, California; Seattle, Washington; and Utah. The conclusions of the study found that melanoma rates among young white men remained fairly steady between the years 1980 and 2004. However, for young white women the study found that the yearly number of melanoma cases increased by nearly 50%--from 9.4 cases per 100,000 women to 13.9 cases per 100,000 women. The report did not specific a cause of the doubling of melanoma cases for young women in the United States. However, the researchers commented that the rise in incident rates of melanoma among young white women in the United States also paralleled the increased use of tanning salons and the increased time spent tanning in the Sun, as based on other U.S. government statistics. What did the researchers say on skin cancer in young women and tanning bed use in the United States? Please read on. |
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