Cases of melanoma ? the deadliest form of skin cancer ? among young adults have increased six-fold in the last 40 years, a new study from the Mayo Clinic shows. Among young women ages 18 to 39 (the group that uses tanning booths the most), cases have increases eight-fold from 1970 to 2009, NBC News reported April 2.
Earlier studies have shown that nearly a third of young women use tanning beds regularly despite the risks, and that regular tanning-bed use may increase the risk of developing melanoma by as much as 75 percent. Even tanning as infrequently as four times per year could increase skin-cancer risk by 15 percent, another study indicated.
?The number-one thing ? stop going to go tanning beds,? says study co-author dermatologist Jerry Brewer, M.D. ?All correlations point towards that as the reason for the increase.?
The study appears online in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
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