Melanoma on Rise with Indoor Tanning

Overall, there was a 20% increased risk for melanoma with any indoor tanning (RR 1.20, 95% CI 1.08 to 1.34), according to Mathieu Boniol, PhD, of the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon, France, and colleagues.

But the risk nearly doubled when sunbed use began before age 35 (RR 1.87, 95% CI 1.41 to 2.48), they reported online in BMJ.

via Medical News: Melanoma on Rise with Indoor Tanning – in Oncology/Hematology, Skin Cancer from MedPage Today.