Skin cancer increase in young women down to sunbeds - 17 April 2009
Sunbeds blamed for skin cancer increase
Exposure to UV rays through sunbed use has been linked with the increasing number of young women suffering from malignant melanoma, a type of skin cancer.
Sunbeds have become more and more popular in recent years, with an estimated 3 million people in the UK now using them regularly.
The increasing popularity of this form of tanning has coincided with a jump in the number of women in their 20s and 30s being diagnosed with the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Proportionally, this means that this form of skin cancer has become more common than all other types of cancer in 20-something women.
Sunbeds are believed to increase the chance of malignant melanoma by 75% due to the UV rays that the skin is exposed to during a tan session.
A spokesperson for Cancer Research UK said: “Sunbeds don’t offer a safe way to tan. The intensity of UV rays in some sunbeds can be more than ten times stronger than the midday sun.
She continued: “Excessive exposure to UV damages the DNA in skin cells which increases the risk of skin cancer and makes skin age faster.”
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