A major European study recently combined the results of 27 other studies over the last 30 years in Europe looking at the relationship between tanning and melanoma. They confirmed several things that we suspected were true: Any use of indoor tanning is associated with a 20% higher risk of melanoma Tanning before the age of […]
Q: I’ve actively tanned for the last 11 years. What are my chances of getting skin cancer now? What’s the chance of me getting skin cancer because I’ve been naturally tanning since I was 6. I am 17 now? What can I do to lower my future risk? Is it too late??? A: Intentional tanning […]
Q: What are my chances of getting melanoma a second time? I had melanoma 9 years ago…what are the chances of it returning again? Do your chances get higher once you’ve had it? -Seattle, WA A: You have two separate risks. First, there is the risk that your first melanoma, this one that you had […]
Q: Read study done in Germany that links fathers to sons gene related to melanoma genesis in families. Any more research done on it yet? Reader from Vancouver, WA A: Many studies have shown a genetic link, and some of the responsible genes are known (and can be tested for), but these mutations are only responsible […]
