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How many of you are “Dying” to get a tan?”
The following facts below were provided by The Skin Cancer Foundation. As I am a strong believer in the duty to make educated choices, I wanted to share these facts with you.
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States.
More than one million skin cancers are diagnosed annually.
Each year there are more new cases of skin cancer than the combined incidence of cancers of the breast, prostate, lung and colon cancer.
One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime.
About 65 percent of melanoma cases can be attributed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun.
Melanoma accounts for about three percent of skin cancer cases, but it causes more than 75 percent of skin cancer deaths.
One in 55 people will be diagnosed with melanoma during their lifetime.
One or more blistering sunburns in childhood or adolescence more than double a person’s chances of developing melanoma later in life.
A person’s risk for melanoma doubles if he or she has had more than five sunburns at any age.
Frequent tanners using new high-pressure sunlamps may receive as much as 12 times the annual UVA dose compared to the dose they receive from sun exposure.
People who use tanning beds are 2.5 times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma and 1.5 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma.
The average annual melanoma rate among Caucasians is about 22 cases per 100,000 people. In comparison, African Americans have an
incidence of one case per 100,000 people. However, the overall melanoma survival rate for African Americans is only 77 percent, versus 91
percent for Caucasians.
More than 20 Americans die each day from skin cancer, primarily melanoma.
One person dies of melanoma almost every hour (every 62 minutes).
Still “DYING” to get a tan???
Roxanne, Skincare & Laser Specialist
Roxanne Grace
Skincare and Laser Specialist
G. D. Castillo, M.D.
COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY
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