Skin cancer Indoor tanning



fitzpatrick scale: influence of pigmentation on skin cancer risk


exposure ultraviolet radiation, whether sun or tanning devices, associated weakening of immune system, , major risk factor 3 main types of skin cancer: non-melanoma skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma , squamous cell carcinoma) , melanoma.


non-melanoma skin cancer more common melanoma , typically not life-threatening; there 95 percent cure rate detection , treatment. prevalence increases age, cumulative exposure uv, , proximity equator. prevalent in australia, rate 1,000 in 100,000 , where, of 2000, represented 75 percent of cancers.


melanoma thought account 1 percent of skin cancer , accounts of deaths. average age of diagnosis 63, common cancer in 25–29 age group , second common in 15-29 group. in united states, according centers disease control , prevention, melanoma incidence rate 19.7 per 100,000 in 2011, , death rate 2.7 per 100,000. around 9,000 people die of melanoma every year in united states. according 1 2012 review, of 63,942 cases of melanoma diagnosed each year across 15 european union countries, 3,438 cases (5.4 percent) , 794 deaths (498 women , 296 men) attributed indoor tanning.


a 2007 analysis of epidemiological studies found modest increase in risk of melanoma (a relative risk of 1.15) among had ever used tanning device compared had not, 75 percent increase (a relative risk of 1.75) among had used 1 before age 30. following study, iarc placed uv-emitting tanning devices on highest cancer-risk category, carcinogenic humans . agency, part of who, had classified them carcinogenic . 2014 systematic review , meta-analysis, examining 37 studies involving 251,808 participants, found indoor tanners had 16 percent increased risk of developing melanoma, increased 23 percent north americans. started tanning indoors before age 25, risk further increased 35 percent compared began after age 25.





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