Take a moment to check out some helpful resources we’ve assembled to educate you more about skin cancer.
Avoid the Temptation of Tanning Beds
In 2009, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared artificial tanning devices to be known carcinogens. Such equipment was added the WHO’s Group 1 list, which includes chemicals/devices which are deemed the most harmful and are known to be cancer causing in humans. Studies since that time have confirmed that the use of tanning equipment increases the risk for developing all common types of skin cancer. Most notably, tanning beds increase the risk of malignant melanoma of the skin or eyes by more than 75%. This risk has anecdotally been noted to be the most prevalent in young women.
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Ups Risk for Other Cancers
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter
More Young Women Get Skin Cancer
Study Shows Increase in Melanoma Among Young Women
By Kelley Colihan, WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Scent of Skin Cancer Discovered
ScienceDaily
Teenage Girls Aren’t the Only Ones Who Tan Indoors; Older Adults Do So As Well
Science Daily
Skin Cancer Quick Facts
- More than half of all new cancer cases diagnosed in the U.S. annually are skin cancers
- One person in five will develop skin cancer during their life.
- Five sunburns make it twice as likely you will develop skin cancer.
- Tanning beds don’t offer a safe solution. Studies have confirmed that the use of tanning equipment increases the risk for developing all common types of skin cancer
- Each year there are more new cases of skin cancer diagnosed than breast, prostate, lung and colon cancer combined
- The most common skin cancers are basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas. There are more than one million new cases diagnosed each year in the U.S.
- The most serious form of skin cancer is melanoma, diagnosed in approximately 60,000 persons each year
- An estimated 8,100 people will die annually of melanoma, about one person every hour
- Melanoma is the second leading cause of death in women ages 15-29 in the United States, accounting for about 3,000 of each year’s melanoma deaths